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PAGE EIGHT THE FRANKLIN PRESS and THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 1934 m PLACED IN EMPLOYMENT (Continued from Page One) imately 24 per cent of all jobs, while they total only about 6 per cent of the total registration of the office. An analysis of1 the placements follows: On odd jobs around homes and farms of two days or less in duration, 20; cooks, 2; day laborers, 925; truck drivers, 101; carpenters, 61 ; stenographer, 1 ; dis tributor operators, 11; backup men, 2; spreaderbox men, 3; brick mas ons, 2; blacksmiths, 9; day and night watchmen, 35; roller opera tors, 4; farmers, 2; saleswomen, 1; firemen, 4; motor grader operators, 14; tractor driver, 1; linemen, 4 painters, 35; powdermen, 2; shovel operator, 1; time keepers, 8; fore men, 15; miscellaneous, '"45; sur veyors, 6; rodmen and chainmen 7; clerical, 11; lunch room opera tors, 8 ; stone mason, 1 ; oilers for gas shovels, 4 ; and carpenter's help ers, 3. A total of" 2,668 "men and women have registered with the Macon county office since the opening date. On December 1, 1934, the active file carried 652 persons, with 16 of these being women and 50 veterans. A 90-day renewal period is set on all applications in the Macon office. Those persons who wish to keep their application cards in the active file, to be considered for work,, every 90 days must come into the office, call the office by telephone, or write asking that their card be renewed. The Macon County Reemploy ment office is now located in the Macon Theatre building on the second floor. The office was mov ed to this location three months ago from the Odd Fellows Hall. Office hours are from 8:30 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. on all week days except Saturday, and on all Sat urdays the office is closed at 1 p. m. To be .of service day or night, the office telephone number is 41, and the manager's rome tele phone number is 1803. The Macon office has a regis tration at the present time carry ing men and women skilled in many of the leading trades. The county, having always been rural and non-industrial, has had plenty of skilled labor available. The men of Macon county for many years have found most of their employ ment outside the county. On many of the best construction jobs scat tered well over the United States, such as dams, roads, and general construction during the boom days, were found Macon county men holding down some of the best and highest paid jobs. Many of these men are now available for work, having been forced back to the Pennsylvania's "Mysterious Strangers" WASHINGTON ... A eoupte of "mysterious strangers" showed up -round here this week. They were joyfnl Democrats from Pennsylvania. On the left, U. & Senator-elect, Joseph F. Guffey and on the right, Governor-elect George H. Earle. Mr. Guffey is the first Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania since 1875 and Mr. Earle the first Democratic uovernor for that commonwealth since farm during the depression. The United States Employment Service was created by an act of Congress on June 6, 1933. The set up began to function in some sec tions by July 1, 1933. At the time of the setup 23 states were main taining 192 offices in 120 cities. Py January 1, 1934, there were 3, 270 offices in operation throughout the entire United States. After the work of the CWA in the spring of 1934 the offices of the service were cut to 648 district offices. At this time there were 181 state of fices being operated in industrial sections. The Macon county office is a branch office of district 78, with headquarters at Bryson City. Since the Service began" I func tioning, until June 30, 1934, a total of 12,634,974 men and women have registered for work. During this time 6,951,523 men and women have been hired and put to work. A record shows that 98.5 per cent of all applicants referred by the Na tional Reemployment Service were hired as being competent for the work referred to. Under the able leadership of Capus M. Waynick, newspaperman of High Point, the North Carolina Employment Service has been in thfc front ranks serving employers and employees alike. At one time there was an office in most of the 100 counties of the State. Today N there are approximately 50 offices in North Carolina, with about half of these being branch offices. A month ago Major A. L. Fletch er,of Rakigh, state commissioner of labor, took over the state director's position after the .esignation of Mr. Waynick. "Mother, may I go out to swim?" "Yes, my dearest daughter; but hang some clothes upon your limbs, or else stay under water." CHURCH Announcements EPISCOPAL Rev. Frank Bloxham, Rector St. Agns, Franklin (Sunday, Dec. 8) 11 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon by the rector. 7:30 p. m. Meeting of Young People's Service League. Incarnation, Highlands (Sunday, Dec. 8) 11 a. m. Sunday school. 3 p. m. Bible class. 4 p. m. Evening prayer and ser mon by the rector. FRANKLIN BAPTIST Rev. E. R. Ellr, Pastor (Sunday, Dec. 9) 9:45 a. m. Sunday school. 11 a. m. Worship. Sermon sub ject, "The Meaning of the Cross." 6:30 p. m. B. T. U. 7:30 p. m Worship. Sermon subject, "Four Things That Are Certain." Prayer meeting each Wednesday evening at 7:30. A Christmas pageant, "Lasting Glory," will be given by the mem bers of the B. T. U. on Sunday evening, December 23, at 7:30 o'clock. GRIST-DILLARD DILLARD, GA, Dec. 4-(Special) Miss Florence Grist and Oaude Dillard, both of Dillard, were mar-, ried Wednesday, November 28, at the home of the Rev. J. W. Farm er at Clayton, Ga., with Mr. Farm er officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by a few close relatives. The bride was becomingly attired in a brown tweed suit, with ar ressories to match. The couple left after the ceremony for a short motor trip. The bride is the attractive daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Grist. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Dillard. Classified Advertisements LOST A light, and green strip ped silk scarf on Friday, Nov. 30, between Postoffice and home of H. L. Anderson. Finder please return to MRS. H. L. ANDER SON. Do Up LOST One black and tan male hound dog. Lost near Franklin. Reward. EARL ENGLISH, CHEV ROLET PLACE, FRANKLIN, N. C. Do ltp WANTED TO TRADE Good 8 tube cabinet model electric Crosley radio for good battery set. J. H. CARELOCK, Press Office, Frank lin, N. C. DONT FORGET --APPLES-- ' FOR Christmas BARBER'S William Tell Brand Apples Golden Delicious Stark's Delicious Red Winesaps Rome Beauties Stayman Winesaps Mammoth Black Twigs The Rock Apple Filling Station On Highway Between Balsam Gap and Waynesville, N. C. m COME TO THE im 2 4 Shopping w Lr L i H ' " js8 L && BmMBESBBB&nftBiMBBi M 1 'm If II k &SH m 1 Kfti ffffi f m m mmA W jBWKZgttg4aB BBV STORE Open Until 10 P.M. i
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