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Syhra, N. C .^Tuesday October, 5 1926
No. 24
COMMUNITY LIFE CLUB
FUNCTIONS AT CULLOWHEE
^Cullowhee, September 30th.—The
Community Life Club at Cullowhee,
jfue to its name, has proved to be
a vital agency in the educational and
social life of the community. Since
its organization three years ago the
Club has not ceased to have its regu
lar meetings and carry on its con
structive program throughout the
winter and summer months. Its un
usual record of achiements has at
tracted the interest of many other
like clubs and has invited favorable
comments from both district and stat3
leaders. The Club has steadily grown
in its membership from year to year,
and its scope of work and objectives
are Decoming ior reacnmg. i he prog
ress made during the year just closed
has been gratifying to all. Much
credit in this respebt should be given
to the following retiring oRicers to
' gether with the active committees for
their whole-hearted and eRicient ser
vices: Mrs. David H. Brown, Presi
dent; Mrs. Frank G. Brown, vice
president; Mrs. Carriei Bryson, sec
retary-treasurer.
At a recent meeting Madame Presi
dent Brown gave a brief summary of
the achievements of the Club during
the past year, among widely the fol
lowing items were mentioned. The
entire faculty and oRicials of the
Normal School were given a reception
1 jby the Club at the opening of the fall
? session. The school grounds about the
^ Training School were greatly improv
ed by the planting of schrubbery
around the building. Ten debars from
the Club treasury plus the member
ship dues for the month of November
wais donated to the Training School
library for the purpose of purchasing
needed books. Later this gift was in
creased by the sum of Rfty dollars.
One student in the Training School
was given a physical examination and
Rtted with glasses at the expense of
the Club, who otherwise would have
been forced to leave school on ac
count of defective eyes. Red Cross
seals and Confederate coins wer6 sold
through the efforts of the Club mem
bers, from which liberal sums were
received for two worthy causes. Sub
)L stantial contributions were made from
the Club treasury to the following:
The Sallie Southal Cotton Loan Fund;
the Madison Memorial; and the Great
^ Smoky Mountain National Park. Both
the State and District Presidents of
the North Carolina Federation of Wo
men's Clubs, Mrs. C. E. Quinlan of
Waynesville and Mrs. E. L. McKee of
Sylva, were entertained by the Club
with a luncheon at the home ^of Presi
dent and Mrs. H. T. Hunter. A don
ation of twelve large prints of some
of the world's most famous paintings
was made to the Training School,
which pictures now hang on tl^e walls
of the classrooms. The addition of a
large number of book shelves to be
used by the children, which are prov
ing very serviceable at ^e present
time. Perhaps the most ben Rcial
and far-reaching work of the Club
was the promoting and partially fin
ancing daily hot lunches for the Train
ing School children, which were furn
ished at a nominal cost. However
those children who were unable to pay
were nevertheless served free of
charge. This movement w^s made
possible through the splendid coop
eration of the Home Economics de
partment under the direction of Miss
Martha Aramstrong.
The outlook for the coming year is
promising. The following officers
have been elected by the Club, and
will be installed at the next regular
meeting: Mrs. H. T. Hunter, Presi
dent; Mrs. Lee Hooper, vice president,
and Miss Effie Bowen, Secretary
Treasurer. Let the members resolve
to give the new officers their most
hearty support in every way and make
the new year the banner year of the
Club.
TO ERECT NEW BUSINESS
BUILDING
Mr. W. H. Ray has just bought a
lot on Main street from the Jackson
County Bank and will erect a three
story brick building at once. The lot
fronts on Main street 85 feet and runs
back to lailroad street.
Mr. Ray says that he will begin
moving dirt for the foundation at once
and that work will be started within
the next few days on the building,
and that he expects to have it ready
to be occupied within the,next sixty
to ninety days. y ^
The building will bw a concrete
basement and two stories of brick.
The second or ground door has be n
rented to Mr. Enloe Moore who will
use it as a salesroom for the Chrys
tler automobile agency, and the third
door will be odice rooms. The build
ing will be modern in every respect.
Mr. Moore will have headquarters
at the Tuckaseegee Motbr Co" until
the new "building is completed.
Mr. Ray is a former citizen of this
county, being a son of Mr. Roy Ray,
who for several years, was a promi
nent business man of Dilisboro. Mr.
Ray has been in business in Winter
Haven, Fia., but has decided to return
to his native s^ate.
CULLOWHEE FARM IS
A FINANCIAL ASSET
The fifty acre farm of the Cullo
whee Normal School is one of the
state farms that is self-supporting.
During the past year it furnished the
Normal School and surrounding com
munities with a large variety of vege
tables, meats, and milk, and cleared
$1,500 more than the actual cost of
operation. Five new Jersey cows and
several hogs have been added recently
to the farm, which'lies in a fertile
valley below the ^bhool campus.
Farmers of Avery county sold over
$10,000 worth of green beans during
the late summer.
JACKSON COUNTY LEADS THE
STATE IN DAIRY SIRES
CAMPAIGN
In the purebred dairy bull campaign
started by the State Agricultural Ex
, t .
tension forces under the direction of
the extension dairy division begining
January 1st and ending September 1st
Jackson county led all other counties
. . . ^
m the communities of the county as
in the state hpd for its goal, the plac
ing of as many purbred dairy bulls
in the communities of the coutny as
deemed practical and the removal of
all scrub bulls for slaughter or steers.
In order to lead all other counties a
county has to replace more scrubs
with purbred bulls in proportion to
the number oi cows m the county.
Thru the splendid cooperation and
pull-together spirit of Jackson coun
ty farmers and business men 37 scrhb
bulls have been replaced by 20_^put
standing purebred bulls. The moun
tain section of the state lead every
other section or district with the re
placement of 50 scrub bulls by 88
purebred bulls. It is evident that
Jackson county had lots of scrubs,
but she has; moved out most of them
and the restJhyst go.
As a prize^for the start made by
Jackson County C. W. Tilson County
Agent recently received notice from
John Arey, State Dairy Specialist that
he would be sent as representative
from the county agents of the State
to the National Diary Exposition held
in Detroit, Mich., October 6 to 13.
This exposition is the greatest educa
tional show of its kind in the world.
Approximately 1500 of the world's
best dairy cattle will be shown and
judged at this show. Results obtain
ed from year§ of experience by the
world's leading dairymen and breed
ers as well as government experts
will be shown and demonstrated in
lines of breeding, handling, housing,
feeding, and caring for dairy cattle
and dairy products. The educational
features of the National Dairy Ex
postion should certainly mean much
to Mr. Tilson in guiding the young
dairy industty of Jackson county.
MRS. BROWN ENTERTAINS
On Friday evening Mrs. W. Mike
Brown entertained at her home on
College. Hill celebrating the 11th an
niversary of the birth of her young
son, Clyde. Various games, music
and contests were enjoyed through
out the evening. Kate Allison was
the lucky contestant in the nut con
test. An ice course was served. Those
present were Phyllis McCully, Kate
Allison, Hazel Allison, Paul Buchan
an, Helen Allison, Malcolm Brown,
Dorothy Buchanan, Margaret Brown,
Ruth Gri'bble, Johnny Parris Ed
mund, Clyde and Lloyd Brown.
Farmers who plan to plant clover
this fall are beginning to place their
orders for limestone.
TEACHERS TO MEET
IN ASHEVILLE
Cullowhee, N. C., Sept. 30, 1926. '
I take this method, as Chairman of
the Western District of the North
Carolina Educational Association, of
advising the teachers of Jackson
county of the recent action of the
executive committee in changing the
meeting place for our October gath
ering. The teachers had been inform
ed that the 1926 meeting would be
held at Hendersonville, but owing to
^he fact that some of the hotels at
Hendersonville have already closed
for the season, it was decided to hold
the meeting in Asheville. The dates
are Friday and Saturday, October 15
and 16. We are looking for an attend
ance of more than a thousand teachers
from the 19 counties composing the
Western District.
, Cordially yours,
H. T. HUNTER, Pres.
DISTINGUISHED ENTERTAINER
COMING TO WEBSTER HI SCHOOL
Miss Beulah E. McNemar will give
one of her delightful programs on
Friday evening, October 8th, at 8
o'clock in the Webster high school
auditorium. ' ,
Miss McNemar always charms her
audiences. You cannot afford to miss
this splendid number.
Adults, 50 cts; school, children, 25c.
Miss Annie Jo Hooper of this city
has settled into the routine of col
lege life at Brenau College, Gaines
ville, Ga., after the excitement and
confusion of the opening days. Miss
Hooper is one of the newcomers to
Brenau, but she has already adjusted
herself to the new conditions and is
making a place for herself on the
campus.
Brenau is beginning its forty-ninth
and largest year. The five hundred
girls enrolled in the college in Geor
gia represent thirty-nine states and
three other countries.
TWO CAMPING PARTIES
Prof. D. V. Cooper and Miss E a
Johnson chaperoned a party to White
side last wejk er^l. The party in
cluded Misses Bess Curtis, Ruth Wil
son, Marjorie Sherrill, Mary Alma
Wilson, Dick Wilson, N. L. Sutton,
Charles Candler, and Parson Kincaids
Mr. and Mrs. Enloe Moore chaper
oned a paity this we^k end to White
side and Lake Fairlieid. Those going
weie Misses Hannah Moore, Dorothy
Moore, Margaret Candler, B;anc..e
Ray and Mildred Webster, of WinCr
Haven; Messrs. Robert Kissel, Her
bert Ray, Robert Beam, Sam Godscy
Carl Buchanan and Dr. Robert Bell.
The annual conference and short
coprse of county home and farm
agents will be held at State Coll gc
during the week beginning December
6.