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METROSTAT is featured this week in our Business Spotlight on page 8B. See their ad for more information about Sylva’s “communication” company.
MASSIE FURNITURE is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month. The store opened on Main Street in 1932. A special private sale of antiques and collectibles is planned at Massie’s this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12 and 13, from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday. For information, call the store at 586-2316.
A PLAY written four years ago by acclaimed local author and storyteller Gary Carden of Sylva was scheduled to be performed here on Wednesday. Lovedale Baptist Church planned to present “The Bright Forever,” a Carden-penned dramatic monologue about Fanny Crosby, a blind hymnist who wrote more than 9,000 hymns, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. Crosby was active around the turn of the 20th century and used to accompany evangelist Dwight Moody to his chatauquas, which were held across the United States. Near the end of her life, Crosby conducted religious services in New York missions and sang to multitudes of homeless people, Carden said. For the Lovedale performance, Crosby was to be portrayed by Bobbie Curtis of Lenoir, who has done this program for more than 20 churches in North Carolina. She has also frequently performed another Carden drama, “Birdell,” and has received standing ovations for both.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SYLVA will hold its annual homecoming Sunday, Oct. 14. The Rev. Gerald Keown, associate dean of the School of Divinity at Gardner-Webb University, will deliver the sermon at the 11 a.m. service, which will be followed by dinner on the grounds and an afternoon concert by church organist William Bush IV in the sanctuary.
DON'T FORGET the regional fly-in set for this Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Jackson County Airport. For more information, call Tom Hagan at (828) 379-4931.
UNCLE BILL'S FLEA MARKET, located on U.S. 74/441 between Sylva and Cherokee, will host gospel musician Bird Youmans Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14. Youmans, owner of Olive Branch Records, has been blessing listeners with his gospel music for many years. Performances will be from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
WE INCLUDED INCORRECT information last week with regard to a picture of Edward Ward and his pumpkins. We said the photo came from Natalie Elders, which is correct, but we mistakenly identified her as Ward’s daughter. Elders is actually Ward’s granddaughter-in-law – she’s married to Ward’s grandson Dewayne Elders. Ward lives on Bob Hall Road, not Shoal Creek, and the photo from the 1990s that was mentioned was of him with his wife and great-granddaughters. The Herald regrets the errors.
HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL'S AUXILIARY will begin a Silent Auction on Friday, Oct. 12, Items up for bid include six serving pieces; silverplate and nickel/silver; cast-iron peanut bank, cookie tin, and a spindle; three vintage beaded purses and one lucite purse; one vintage quilt; and a harlequin jack-in-the box and doll. Bids close Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 2 p.m.
THE HRH GIFT SHOP will host a Masquerade $5 Jewelry Sale in the hospital’s main lobby on Thursday, Oct. 18, from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 19, from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. The sale will include lots of jewelry and gift items for the holidays. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN STUDENTS Jarrett Frazier and Paige Brooks have chosen photography as their senior project topic, and some of their pictures may appear from time to time in The Herald. Another SMHS senior, Morgan Carver, who is working with The Herald on her journalism-related project, is covering SMHS cross country for the newspaper and has expanded that coverage to include a blog that posts news and pictures of the cross country team. Check it out at smokymountaincc.blogspot.com.
SYLVA-WEBSTER HIGH SCHOOL'S Class of 1962 will hold a 45-year reunion at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Cherokee Holiday Inn. For more information, call Mary Ellen Moody at 586-8631 or visit online at www.sylvawebsterclassof62.myevent.com.
KIDS WHO ROCK - Help WRGC honor kids who excel as volunteers, who serve their community or have overcome “impossible” odds (sports will not be considered). Entries must be received at the station by Tuesday, Oct. 30. E-mail information to kidswhorock@wrgc.com or drop it off at the station on Skyland Drive. Entries can be mailed to WRGC Kids Who Rock, P.O. Box 1044, Sylva, NC 28779.
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Sleep USA Mattress Superstore recently opened for business in Sylva. Store manager Christian Pruitt, along with district manager Randy Campbell and Serta representatives Steve Lyles and Brad Rogers celebrated the grand opening with the assistance of Chamber of Commerce ambassadors. The store offers national brands such as Serta, Englander, and Carolina Mattress. Sleep USA features Dormo Diagnostics, the latest technology created to custom fit premium mattresses, and is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. For more information, stop by the store located at 73 West Main Street or call 586-1199.
Four Vance brothers, from left, Clyde, 82; R.O., 80; Carl, 89; and Harry, 84, got together at a recent Golden Age Center breakfast. Carl, who grew up in Sylva, now lives in Pineville, Ore. Four of Carl's brothers-in-law, Harold, Jerry, Charles and Hayes Queen were also on hand. |
