Cullowhee Club Holds Christmas Party for Guests The Cullowhee Woman's Club held its annual Christmas Party on Wednesday evening in the par lors of Moore dormitory at West ern Carolina Teachers College. , Husbands and gentlemen friends of I the members were special guests for the occasion. The large drawing room in which the party was held was lighted j with candls ard open fires and decorated with holly and mistletoe. The department of fine arts was in charge of the program which had for its theme Christmas Music. Miss Rachel Rosenburger of the Coll:ge music faculty discussed the history of Christmas Carols and tlie traditions associated wltli them. Miss Rosenburger talked briefly concerning the classifications of these types. To illustrate shep herds' carols, Miss Clara DeVane of the music faculty played Pas toral Symphony from The Messiah. Illustrating the same type, Miss Rosenburger, Miss Anne Rabe, Mrs. Leonard Allen, Miss Faye Carter, Miss Virginia Madison and Miss Louise Madison sang Carol of the Shepherds, a Bohemian folk song. Carols concerning the birth of Jesus, Coventry Carol and Bring a Torch Janet, Isabella were sung by Miss Rosenburger and three col lege girls. An example of secular carols, Wassail Song was sung by Mrs. Charles Gulley teacher of voice at the college. Miss Rosenburger con-' eluded her talk by singing Boar's Head Carol, the oldest printed carol, which is sung each year as the boar's head is' carried in at Christs College, Oxford. Then all members and guests joined in singing more familiar re ligious and secular carols. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Carrie Bryson, Mrs. F. H. Brown, Miss Anne Hammond, Miss Alice Benton, Miss Charlotte Wat ion, and Miss Mabel Tyree. Special favors from the hostesses on the plates were small stockings filled with candy and sprig3 of mistletoe. Mrs. Dan Moore HeadsChristian Service Group The Woman's Society of Christ ian Service of the Methodist church met in the Allison Building on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Dan Tompkins, president, presided over the business session. The reports for the year were read, and the officers elected for the coming year: President, Mrs. Dan K. Moore; Vice President, Mrs. A. D. Parker; Recording S.cretary, Mrs. Felix Picklesimer; Corresponding Secre tary, Mrs. Soderquist; Connectional Treasurer, Mrs. Kenyon Moody; Local Treasurer, Mrs. Frank Fricks; Spiritual Life, Mrs. Robert Tuttle; Christian Social Relations} Mrs. Fr:d Williams; Missionary' Education, Mrs. J. H. Gillis ; Stu dent Work, Mrs. Frank Freeze; Girls and Young People, Mrs. Howard Crawford; Children's Sec retary, Mrs. Dan Tompkins; Sup ply Sscretary, Miss Margaret Mar tin; Publications, Mrs. Dora Lee Collins; Status of Women, Mrs. E. L. McKee; Social, Mrs. H. Gibson, Sr.; M:mbership, Miss Lucille Wil 8on. Rev. R. G. Tuttle gave a review of the book, "Suffering in a World of War.'.' Impatient Diner ? Waitress, is this a chicken salad or a combina tion salad? Waitress ? Can't you tell from the taste? Impatient Diner ? No. Waitress ? Then what's the dif ference ? It is safer to facs danger than to turn your back on it. 1> gSjr ?< 37" ? J? Greetings^ and 5 Best Wishes For ^ g 8 Christmas 5 S . 1 g ? m g DONNAHQE i I STUDIO I The spirit of Christmas glows deep in the hearts of the men in our armed forces, no matter where they may be. In the frigid outposts of the land of the midnight sun Yuletide is being celebrated. It is Christmas, too, for our boys in the steaming jungles of the South Pacific, in Africa, China, Britaih and Brazil. Yank ingenuity has overcome difficulties of terrain and distance to cap ture Christmas cheer and im provise some of the comforts of home. Christmas to these men will lack the proverbial trimmings and the faccs of loved ones, but letters from home will make up for that. In picture at top a lonely U. S. sentry keeps his Christinas vigil at the U .S. out post in Sit ha. Alaska. Right: A Christinas package for a marine in the South Pacific. It arrived early in November. Christmas Eve in Buna , !\eiv Guinea. Right: Our national capi ? lol in Christmas mantle of snow. Ivbrating Christmas in New Caledonia ? for freedom* take. \ Graf e Mothers Of j Sylva Elementary rSchcel Hold Meet ! The grade mothers of the Sylva Elem ntary school held their re<ju I lar meeting at two o'clock Tuesdiy, | December 1 1. Mrs. J. H. Gillis, l chairman, presided. I The members were pleased with the First Aid room which was re cently completed. It contains a cot ? with blankets, pillows and a well stocked medicine cabinet, cur tains and is well heated. A discus sion was held about painting the room, and they hope to g.t this dor.e during the holidays. The meeting adjourned and the mem bers then attended the Parent Teach: rs Meeting. S?t. Reed Ard Miss Keenam Are Married Sgt. Kmneth Reed and Miss Evelyn Keenam were recently mar ried in South Carolina* Sgt. Retd is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J, N, Reed of Sylva. Reed is a graduate of Sylva high school and has many friends in this sec tion. He was an employee of the Maple Springs Wood Working Shop. Mrs. Reed is the nisce of Dr. Ralph Keenam of Duck Town, Tennessee. She is employed by the TV A and plans to continue with her work until after the war. Miss Tyree Gives Talk At College Gathering The English Seminar for West ern Carolina Teachers College met r:cently with Miss Kathleen Davis at her apartment in Davies Hall. Miss Mabel Tyree discussed the life and works of the late poet Stephen Vincent Benet. HOME ON FURLOUGH Sgt. Jesse B. Cogdill is spend- ! ing a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam P. Cogdill of Sylva. Sgt. Cogdill entered the service February 11, 1943 and was 3ent to Fort Bragg, then to Kees ler Field, Miss., from there to Har- | linger, Texas, where he finished his gunnery school. This is his first furlough sine? he. entered the service. He will report at Salt Lake City when he leaves. SPENDS WEEK-END HERE Miss Violet Womack who holds a position with the Federal Gov ernment in Asheville, sp.nt the week-end of December 11 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wo mack. She had as her guest her roommate, Miss Mattb Sye Wike of Marion. RETURNS TO POST Pvt. Dallas P. Henry has return ed to Norfolk after spending a j week with his parents, Mr. and j Mrs. W. D. Henry of Willets. He , has b?en stationed at Camp Davis and Fort Fisher before going to Norfolk. GO TO FLORIDA I Mrs. Lawison Monteith and small daughter left last week for Pana- 1 ma City, Florida, where th:y will ( join Mr. Monteith, who is working; in a shipyard there. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bryson of j Shelby, visited Mr. and Mrs. D. L. ? Bryson, of Sylva. Mr. Bryson is with the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co., and has been trans- 1 ferred to Fort Smith, Arkansas. They stopped en route to see Mr. Bryson who is critically ill, j Pfc. Herman Bailey is spending, a ten day furlough with his moth- j er, Mrs. Tom Cannon. Pvt. Bailey I is stationed at Camp McCall. He is a memb r of the Parachute In- I fantry. Bailey has completed 12 jumps. ?h'Idhood Association \t Cullowhee Enjoy A * Christmas Program The Cullowhee chapter of the Association f >r Childhood Educa Mon met with their sp'ms ?r, Mi>s Leonora Smith, Thursday ev ning in the parlor /of Mor.re dormitory ?it Western Gciniina Teachers Col lege. After a brief business ses sion over which the pr sident, Sarah Braswell, presided, a Christ mas program was given in the f'>l l >wing order: Bible reading, Gloria Tweed; Christmas prayer, Ruth Lylerly; Memories of Childhood Christmas s, Mrs. II. T. Hunter; A Christmas story, Mi^s Lecnora Smith; Christmas Carols by Norma Lee Davis, Sarah Beth Crawford, and Martha Perkins; Ways to make oth rs happy at Christmas, Mar garet Mulkey and Lena Mae Glass. Special ?guests^f or the occasion beside Mrs. Hunter were: Mrs. Evelyn Coward; Miss Cordelia Camp, Miss Geneva Turpin, Miss Fannie Goodman, Miss Anne Al bright, Mrs. M. K. Hinds and Mrs. | Carrie Bryson. Cullowhee Business Club Guests Of Dr. and Mrs. Ashbrook For Yule Party Members of the Business Educa tion Club of Western Carolina Teachers College were the guests ~ot Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Ashbrook for a Christmas party on Thurs- I day evening at the Ashbrook home. The main feature of the program which has been planned by Miss Ella Trantham was a debate, Re solved: There is a Santa Claus. Speaking on the affirmative were Doris Ghormley and Phyllis Dil lard; those speaking for the nega tive were J:annette Peden and Mary Crawford. I Members exchanged gifts and sang Christmas Carols. I i 1'jkz.t fliovt wm? . . . t W RCC ER W. B, IB DON'S B?;:;;:as anj financial outlook ROGER W. BABSON Babson's forecasts on the war and the elec tions are the most startling statements he has made since he predicted the 1929 stock market crash. Watch for this Feature Story in The Sylva Herald Wednesday, December 29th To All Our Many Friends and Customers ? ? Our New Year's Wish Is One of Happiness and Eternal Peace . . . WALLACE TIRE and RECAPPING CO SYLVA, N. C. . f* rt w,

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