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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. LI I, NO. 44
FRANKLIN, N. G, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1937
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The American Red Cross Is
An Emergency Organization
Timely Article Dealing
With Great Work
Being Done
By THE REV. FRANK BLOXAM
Chairman of the County RoU Call
1 hope everyone read the articles
carried last week in The Franklin
Press on the work of the Red Cross
in the January floods of this year.
Throughout its years of existence
the Red Cross has never failed to
rise to an emergency and the ac
count of the work done in the
flooded areas must arouse our ad
miration and our gratitude that
such relief was not needed in our
communities. '
- So many people say when they
are asked to join the Red Cross
that they get nothing out of it so
why should they give anything to
its support. Surely that is a low
level on which to place our giving
for this or any other cause. Rather
we should be thankful that, as yet,
we have not had cause to get any
thing from the Red Cross and our
thanks should be so genuine that
we gladly help the other fellow who
has been visited with some cause
for relief and help.
I hope this note will find re
sponse in all who are asked to
give a membership dollar this year.
I cannot repeat. too often that by
supporting -the Roll Call we are
actually joining the Red' Cross and
when help is rendered to any com
munity it is our help that is there.
The local chapter is always ready
to help individuals in. the county
if they seek temporary relief Jn an
emergency but x if the help needed
is to be prolonged over a period
then some other relief organization
is called in to render what help
it can.
Nationally and locally the Red
Cross is essentially an emergency
organization. This does not mean
that there is no program being car
ried on all the while by Red Cross
workers. They have a large pro
gram which is supported ly funds
raised during, the Annual Red Cross
and that is why when major , dis
asters occur an appeal must be
made for further funds. The Amer
ican Red Cross has just. completed
the busiest year in its peace time
history. The past year's. accomplish
ments include disaster relief for
230,116 families 1,063,000 persons
following the devastating f bods in
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys
last spring, and similar assistance
for victims of 127 lesser catastro
phes, increased activity in teaching
first aid, life saving, home hygiene
and other safety and health serv
ices. The next year will see even
greater increases in disaster pre
paredness, health and safety fields.
The vigorous campaign which the
Red Cross is waging against acci
dents in the home, on farms and
along highways is being stepped
up ' to strike more . directly at this
annual slaughter which last, year
accounted for . 37,800 deaths in
automobile accidents and 38,500 in
home accidents. Toward.8 this end
the Red Cross taught the principles
of first aid to 256,884 persons and
gave life-saving instruction to 81,
291 persons last year. These safety
courses will be ,greatly increased in
.number all over the nation during
nhe coming months. Red Cross has
established 1,778 emergency first
aid stations along the nation's prin
cipal highways and 3,283 additional
.stations are being prepared for
.opening in the next fey months. .
Red Cross mobile first aid units
also have been organized and hun
dreds of trucks and automobiles be
longing to utility companies, high
way . and police departments and
others frequenting the roads, have
been equipped with Red Cross first
aid kits, and their personnel train
ed in first aid. These units are
constantly growing in number. It
is far better than cure. '
Future articles yill deal with oth
er Red Cross activities'. -
Premiums
Given Last Saturday By
Pay-And-Take-It Store
The Pay-and-Take-lt grocery store
last Saturday closed their opening
campaign which has been in pro
gress for the past two months, and
awarded 28 premiums, as follows :
First, living room suite Annie
Watts, Prentiss.
Second, Elgin watch Robert Led
better, Route 2. . ' '
Third, set silverware Norman
Houston, Franklin.
Fourth to eighth, dinner sets C.
N. Jones, Gneiss; G. W. Gregory,
Gneiss; Zeb Shope, Prentiss; Mrs.
Elsie Stuman, Cullasaja; Clara
Morgan, Highlands.
Ninth to twenty-eighth, Four
pounds Dixie Queen coffee W. G.
Hall, Franklin; Maxine Sprinkle,
Franklin; L. W. Southards, Route 2;
Sim Queen, Franklin; Virgil Wat
kins, Franklin; Stella Stamey,
Prentiss; Dewey Russell, Cullasaja;
Edith Cloer, Franklin; Louise Siler,
Route 1; C. S. Tilley, Franklin;
Joe Wright, Aqjaone; George
Southards, West's Mill; S. E.
Heaton, Cullasaja; Thelma Parrish,
Etna; Minnie Crisp, Gneiss; Henry
Stiwinter, Gneiss; Q, E. Jacobs,
Aquone; J. C'Frazier, Route 1;
W. B. Bennett, Route 3; Mrs. W.
R. Childers, Route' 3.
Walter Ledford, proprietor of the
Pay-and-Take-lt, states that he will
start another campaign right away
and that it will close aU4'J0 p.-ni;
Friday, December 24. Details will
be announsed next week.
Typhoid Clinic Schedule
For November
Following will be found the Ma
con' county typhoid schedule for
November:
Olive Hill school from 9 to 10
o'clockNovember 4, 11, 1& Oak
Dale school from 10 to 11 o'clock,
November 4, Ml, 18. Iotla school
from 11 to 12 o'clock, November 4,
11, 18. Maple Springs school from
1:30 to 2:30 o'clock, November 4,
11, 18. Clark's Chapel school from
2:30 to 3:30 o'clock, November 4,
11, 18. Mashburn Branch school
from 3:30 to 4:30 o'clock, Novem
ber 4, 11, 18. Aquone school from
9 to 10 o'clock, November 12, 26,
December 2. Kyle school from 10
to 11 o'clock, November 12, 26,
December 2. Otter Creek school
from 11 to 12, o'clock, November
12, 26, December 2. Camp Branch
school from 1 to 2 o'clock, No
vember 12, 2& December 2. Fair
view school from 2 to 3 o'clock,
November 12, 26, December 2.
The vaccination will be given
free to adults as well as children
during the school year. The schools
will be announced in advance and
the children will be notified when
the physician and nurse will be at
the school. Diphtheria vaccination
will be given at this time to chil
dren under six years of age and
as young as six months of age.
There will be a cost of 15 cents
for diphtheria. .
These vaccinations are offered
each Saturday morning from 9 to
12 o'clock in the health depart
ment, Higdon building, Franklin,
N. C.
Macon County Health Dept.
Catholic Services
In Franklin
Father Howard V. Lane, of
Waynesville, will conduct services
for members of the Catholic faith
in Franklin as follows: -
Morning Mass on the second and
fourth Sundays of each month in
the American Legion hall on Main
street, at 8 a. m.
Instructions for the children on
the first and third Tuesdays of
each month at 4:15 p. m.
All are welcome to attend these
services. ' .
FOREST TREES
FOR PLANTING
Two and a Half Million
Seedlings Available
At Nursery
J. Fred Bryson, county forest
warden at Franklin, announces that
for the fall of 1937 and spring of
1938 two and a half million forest
tree seedlings are "available at the
state forest nursery near Clayton,
N. C, which is operated by the
forestry division of the department
of conservation and development.
The County Warden urges that
those who are interested in forest
tree planting make their plans now
to apply for the planting stock.
Applications and announcements of,
the terms of distribution are avail
able at the district forester's of
fice at Asheville, or from the state
forester at Raleigh. The applica
tions are filled in the order they
are received until the supply is ex
hausted. In past years the supply
of trees has not been equal to the
demand.
Plans are under way to double
the capacity of the state forest
nursery for next year so that five
million trees will be available for
the fall 1938 and spring 1939.
The species of trees now growing
at the nursery consist of loblolly
or old field pine, longleaf pine,
shortleaf pine, black locust, white
ash and slash pine. The slash pine
is not a native tree of North Car
olina and its planting is recom
mended only in an experimental
way in most of the counties of the
state..'' .. t '-'
Over 215 million forest trees were
planted in the United States last
year on federal forest land and
the southeastern states distributed
56 million trees to private indi
viduals from state nurseries.
Demonstration Club
Achievement Day
The first county achievement day
will be held at the courthouse on
Saturday, November 6. The meet
ing will start promptly at 10 o'clock.
The morning session will be con
ducted by the women, at' which time
the interesting achievements of the
year will be pointed out. A play
on Health will be given by the
Otto 4-H cluib. The afternoon ses
sion will be given over to Mr.
Nance, of State college, who will
give a meat cutting and curing
demonstration. Meat properly cut,
cured and packed brings a good
price. If Macon county could estab
lish a good tourist trade in hams,
our income would be much improv
ed. Other sections of the country
make a living selling hams. Why
not Macon county supplement their
income through such a project.
Any one interested is invited to
attend this meeting.
Governor's Proclamation
It gives me great pleasure- to commend the work of the North
Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers and to direct the atten
tion of the people of this state to the Enrollment Campaign which
will be conducted between the dates of October fifteenth and No
vember fifteenth, 1937, for the purpose of increasing the membership
of this great organization. ,
The Parents and Teachers organization is composed of fathers,
mothers and teachers, representing the three great personalities who
come in contact and vitally affect the lives of the children and the
youth of the state. The purpose of this organization is to afford
an opportunity for parents to work together with the teachers for
better understanding of the problems confronting our young people
and that jointly and together they may arouse public opinion to
support the best for the children in education, in recreation and in
wholesome community surroundings. . .
It is gratifying to know that last year North Carolina enrolled
nearly 60,000 in the membership of this organization. I am happy
to announce the opening of this enrollment campaign again this year
and to espress the hope that the membership may be, increased inl
and to express the hope that the membership may be increased im
be reached in this campaign.
Our interest in childhood demands highest consideration of all the
people and it should be regarded as a high privilege to work in
harmony with this association of parents and teachers in accomplish
ing worthwhile results in educating our children and aiding them in
building ' character for themselves.
Clyde R. Hoey, Governor.
Parent-Teacher Association
To Be Organized In County
Cattle Sale
Tuesday Most Successful
Of Year
According to R. A. Patton, auc
tioneer, the cattle sale held in
Franklin Tuesday was the most
successful sale of the year.
About 240 head of cattle were
sold, and prices ranged from $3 to
$8.50 per 100 pounds.
Mr. Patton announced that an
other sale would be held on Tues
day, November 16, at the same
place and during the same hours.
17. N. C. VISITED
BY GEORGIANS
Party From Gainesville
Spends Two Days In
This Section
A motorcade of more than 50
persons from Gainesville, Ga., rep
resenting the chamber of com
merce visited the Nantahala Nation
al Forest yesterday and today. The
itinerary included Nantahala Gorge,
the Joyce Kilmer Memorial forest,
and the John Bryne Memorial tow
er on Wayah Bald.
.! -The. motorcade party had lunch
eon at Andrews on Wednesday and
proceded to Gatlinburg, Tenn., for
the night. Thursday included visits
iO Newfound Gap, and the Chero
kee Indian reservation and a stop
at Franklin for lunch.
Points of interest adjacent to
Franklin iin the Nantahala Nation
al Forest were visited before the
group returned to Gainesville.
Mrs. J. D. Brooks
Juried at Coweta
Funeral services for Mrs. J. D.
Brooks, of Harriman, Tenn., were
held at the Coweta cemetery Sun
lay, October 31, at 3 p. m. Mrs.
Brooks died at her home in Harri
man Friday at 10 a, m., from can
cer. She had been in failing health
since early summer and grew worse
up to the time of her death.
Rev. T. L. Frisby, her former
pastor, conducted the funeral serv
icies, assisted by Rev. W. B. Under
wood, pastor of 'the Franklin Bap
tist church, and Rev. John Brendle,
pastor of the Coweta church.
i
Ben S. Matlock, of Boise, Idaho,
came in Saturday for -a visit with
relatives and friends at West's
Mill
Meeting Will Be Held In
Court House Friday
Aftornnrvn
mm
A meeting of parents and teach
ers of the Frankljn and county
schools will be held on Friday
afternoon, November 5, at 3 o'clock
at the courthouse for the purpose
of organizing Parent-Teacher as
sociations in the schools in the
county that do not have the bene
fit of this state-wide and national
organization. ,
Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, retiring
state, director of District No. 1, of
Waynesville, upon an invitation ex
tended several weeks ago, will come
to Franklin to address the meeting,
and will be accompanied by Mrs.
E. N. Howell, of Swannanoa, new
ly elected district director, who will
assist Mrs. Alley in the reorganiza
tion of the Franklin Parent-Teacher
Association.
Mrs. Alley has served the dis
trict as director for the past two
years, and will continue in Parent
Teacher work in this district as
historian. Mrs. Alley was also
elected at the past state convention
held in Richmond, "as fifth vice-
president in charge of public wel
fare. Mrs. Howell was elected to
succeed Mrs. Alley at the recent
annual conference of district No. 1
held in Bryson City. 1
All parents and others interested,
teachers and principals are urged
to attend this meetincr and to lend
men tuyyci i wuu , io me selling up :
of rareht-Teacher associations in
connection with every school in
the county. While it is necessary
to call this meeting at an hour that
is too early tor the convenience of
tome teachers, it is hoped that all
teachers may come as soon as their
schools close. Future meetings will
be arranged at a more convenient
hour.
The organization of Franklin and
Macon county at this time is part
of an enrollment campaign being
conducted by the North Carolina
Congress of Parents and Teachers
between the dates of October 15
and November 15 in those com
munities where there is no P.-T. A.
and to increase membership in all
associations.
All Gtizna Elig!bU
a 11 ,
uuzens, men ana women,
whether or not they are parents
or teachers, who are interested in
child welfare are eligible for mem
bership. The , Governor's Proclama
tion in regard to this campaign is
printed in another column.
The following excerpts are from
"Highlights from Convention
Speeches" printed in the 1937 Con
vention Report. Judge Florence E.
Allen appealed for intelligent co
peration between home and school
to produce citizens of high in
tegrity and strong character. She
appealed tor agressive interest of
men and women in community af
fairs so that government of the
politicians, by the politicians and
for the politicians might be re
placed by "government of the peo
ple, by the. people and for the
people." John W. Studebaker clos
ed his address with these wrrd!
The National Coneress of Parents
and Teachers may perform a great
service for America by giving new
emphasis to citizen education. You
can play a role of far-reaching im
portance m the central struggle of
our generation, namely, the, strug-
&ic iu main lain ana improve demo
1 . I- t 7 f
cratic society. Your organization
goes farther than merely fostering
ideals and attitudes. It makes of
education a common problem of
home, school and community."
Dr. Lduard C. Lmdeman. former
ly of the North Carolina College
for Women, described the parent-
teacher . association as America's
greatest folk movement, and' urged
a program directed toward saving
American schools for democracy.