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^L00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE IN TH
College Sum n
Session Tc
Cuilo^hae, (Special)?The Fac^ty
Ust for the special six weeks
tern of the Western Carolina Teacher*
College has been completed, ac*
I cord'ng to an announcement made
I today by W. E. Bird, dean of the
I collect?- The special session which
?for f]-,0 pnnvpnipnre .of
I is ddigues* _
I teachers who wish to continue studyI
ing ar.d whose schools close early in
I the spring, will begin April 25, and
I continue through June 3.
I In view 0f the extensive building
I and * xpansion program underway
I at CulJowhee, the spring session is
I to be held im Sylva. One class room
I building on the campus was recentI
ly removed to give place to a boys'
I new tormitory, and there are no
I roono available at the college for
I further class work; furthermore resiI
dences and boarding houses in the
I community are filled to capacity
I with workmen and college students
I who have found it impossible to obI
Lin rooms in the crowded dormi
tunes.
I For this term, Dean Bird will act
I general director, and Dr. A. B.
I Kcskms of Asheville, who has been
I teaching extension courses for WestI
err* Carolina Teachers College, has
I been named as acting director. As
sir taut to the acting director will be
Mr. F. I. Watson, regularly princiM
p<.' ut Sylva high school. Dr. Willis
m A. Parker oi .Asheville, Director of
the Division o'i Extension for West- '
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I em Carolina Teachers College, win
I also u ach during this term. Miss j
I JEciith Buchanan of Cullowhee who j
I regularly teaches English at Sylva
I high school will teach courses in I
I Englisii. Miss Buchanan taught |
I , English during the same session last
I year. Mrs. Daisy Wilkes of Sylva,
I :o.rmer teacher of Music at Western
I aiolina Teachers College, will have
I charge of all music courses. Mr. J.
[ M. Plemmons of Ashevilie, who has
I been leaching science in Woodfin
I kgh school, will teach science. He
I filso.^ias taught in different school
I * New members
V on the teaching list are Mr. A. H.
I McElveen, teacher in Sylva high
I school, who is to teach business eduI
cadcn courses, and Mr. Jason B. DcyI
ton, principal of Spruce Pine high
I school.
I Besides the above eight teachers
uho do not regularly teach on the
colli ge campus, seven regular fac
ulty members who are to teach one
B class each, follow: Mis* Alice Ben
ton. Miss Kathleen Davis, Miss Lilla
(Ketchin, Miss Frances Blakeney, Mrs.
oi tii^ marriage oi Miss Leona Dillard
period ot July and August.
i\ od Foi dster.
Juniors Fete Seniors
The annual Junior-Senior banquet.
of the Sylva High School, held
at the Community House, last Frii
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day evening, was a ioveiy ana".
r')om v,as beautifully decorated lor
the occasion.
. Da: Tompkins, Editor of the Journal
v. is the principal speaker; and
Mr. I?I. D. Covvan, member of the
'ltcai school committee, was a special
'guest of honor. Both Principal F. I.
'Watson and Mr. Tompkins referred
,to the fact that Mr. Cowan has been
A member of the local school com mittee
for more than thirty-five
!J'ears, an dthat he has devoted a
great deal of nis time and work to
building up the Sylva schools, from
.nothing to their present place. It
was slated by the speaker that there
i* not a living man in Jackson county
Who has done more unselfish work
in building up the school system in
tne town and the county than Mr.
Coivan.
I Grant of Aid
I Carolina farmers talking
ab()U* grants-of-ald these days mean
I ba* t:1Gy are buying ground limeI
step? needed for their soils and crops
!*nQ ' :at payments for the lime will
deducted irom the subsidies paid
soil improvement practices earny
under the AAA program this year.
anccy county farmers ordered theii
^ sodd ear of lime under this plan
PortT ^QyS 3S?' the farm agent re"
I f^Pproximatety 10,700,000 farmI
an^ ^^red workers in 1938
jQfjuced 25 to 30 per cent more farm
I ^ ts ^'dn dld 12,200,000 workers
?n 1909.
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aer School"
> Be In Sylva
Moving Pictures of National
Forests to be Shown
Sound moving picture of Forest
Service activities, in the National
Forests will be shown in the schools
of Jackson county at the times and
places: April 17, 10:00 A. M., Barkers'
Creek; 1:30 P. M., Dick's Creek;
7:30 P. M., Greer's Creek; April -8,
10*00 A M F.ast Fr?rLr* 1-QO V> "M
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Gay; 7:30 P. M., Zion -Hills; April 19:
1:30 P. M., Pleasant Grove; 7:30 P.
M., Cashier's Valley; April 20: 1:30
P. M., Balsam Grove; 7:30 P. M.,
John's Creek; April 21: 10:00 A. M.,
Rocky Hollow; 1:30 P. M., Cullowhee
high school; 7:30 P. M., East
I .a Porte; April 24: 1:30 P. M., Weyehutta;
7:30 P. M., Tuckaseigee; April
25: 10:00 A. M., Oak Ridge; 7:30 P.
M.f Wolf Creek; April 26: 10:00 A.
M., Sol's Creek; 3:00 P. M., Rock
Bridge; April 27: 10:00 A. M., Balsam;
1:30 P. M., Willits; 7:30 P. fit,
Addie; April 28: 10:00 A. M.f Cafte
Cieek; 1:30 P. M., Beta; 7:30 P. i|.,
Sylva (Colored); May 1: 1:30 P. M..
Double Springs Cullowhee Moun-|<
tain); 730 P. M., Glenville; May 2:.
1:30 P. M., Qualla; 7:30 P. M., Webster;
May 3: 1:30 P. M., Dillsboro.
These pictures are free to aH and
everybody is welcome according to ,
Mr. J.\yasilik, Jr., of the Nantahala .
National Forest Service. The pic- ,
'tures are sponsored by the service ,
and the machine will be operated by
Mi. Lake Shope, of the local force, i
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BALSAM
(By Mrs. 1). T. Knight) i
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Mr. and Mrs. John T. Jones, as- J
sisted by their daughter, Miss Freda, 1
served an elegant dinner Sunday the
2nd in honor of the birthday of their
son, Mr. Vernon Jones. And, also,
which was somewhat of a surprise
I to his friendshere, of his recent mar- j
I
I nage to Miss Bonnie Henson. Mr. 11
and Mrs. Vernon Jones are making i
:heir home in Waynesville. :
Miss Freda Jones attended a misr
lellaneous shower in Waynesville j j
Wednesday afternoon which was ::
given to Mrs. Vernon Jones. r
Alvin Crawford, lourteen year old *
ion of Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Crawford j
nad the great misfortune last week fc
.0 lose the sight oi one eye. He was j j
.tinning down a hill on his way j (
.lcme from work and a limb struck 1
aim in his eye. He was taken at r
once to Waynesville where he re- s
jeived medical attention but was in.ormed
that the sight was destroyed-} r
However, the doctor hopes to save the ^
ball. j
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crawford, of
Hutherfordton were here for a short "
while Saturday.
Mr. Robert Pearson has returned
:o Clemson College alter spending J
1 pre-Easter vacation with his par- |
Frost Bite J
Blue mold is still raging in tobacjo
plant beds over eastern Carolina
but some farmers have found that
vhat they thought was mold is simply
}ld-fashioned frost bite and water
damage. Others iiave found that
plants affected by the mold have j
good roots and that the disease is
not killing the plants entirely though
transplanting may be delayed. ?
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SYLVA,
Funeral Rites Held
For W. M. Fowler
Funeral services were conducted
at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, at,Glen- <
ville, lor W. M. Fowler, prominent I
Jackson county citizen, who died <
at his home in Glenville on Mon- I
day afternoon. 1
Mr. Fpwier, who was 58 years of
age, was prominent in this county j
for many years, as a citizen, mer- i
chant, and business man. Born in j
Hamburg, tne son of the late Wm. j
A. Fowler, Mr. Fovder engaged in
the mercantile business in Sylva for (
several years. Later he return d ?
to Glenville and assumed charge of ]
the business that had been establish- c
cd by his lather. He became inter- i
csted in thetourist business, and de- r
veloped the Fowler House, at Glen- ^
ville, one of the attractive tourist g
centers of the county. I
Mr. Fowler is turvived by his (
widow, three sont, Dr. Wm. McDuflle ^
Fowler, Jr., of the U. S. Navy, Dr.
Guy Fowler, of Canton, Ga., and t
Joseph Fowler, of Glenville; and by
one sister, Mr. Thomas English, of ^
Horse Shoe,
Mr. Fowler disposed of his mercantile
business two or three years F
\go, and last year he and Mrs. Fow- a
er made a trip to California, to visit ^
.heir son, Dr. Mack Fowler, and re- c
;urned via the Panama Canal and
Mew York City, Mr. Fowler was one 3
3>' Jackson county's leading citizens, 1
always interested in the upbuilding ^
if the county and this region.
ents here.
I Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Cox, of West j
.'aim Beach, Fla., were here on a '
short business trip last week.
Mr. and George McCall were call- J
| ed to Wllmot Monday on account of I
the illness of their daughter, Mrs. i
Lettie Jones. Her husband, Mr.
Jones, is also sick.
Rev. Mr. Tucker, of Cullowhee,
1 )ieached in the Baptist church here J
I Sunday mornnig.
The cottage prayer meetings that
have been conducted here all win- '
:er by Rev. C. O. Newell and Mrs. j
Newell, of Dellwood Methodist cir- j
uit are well attended and growing
:n interest. The meeting will be at
he home of Mr. and Mrs. John TTones
this week. ;
Rev. Mr. Newell preached an ineresting
Easter sermon in the Meth>dist
church Sunday afternoon. I
The Baptist Sunday school had an
gg hunt Sunday morning. The
VIethoclist S. S. had one Monday
afternoon. _ j
Active pallbearers were Chris Pax- 14"
:on, LeKoy Franks, Shirley Press 1 ey, T(
Will Fowler, James Fowler, and, 2
?recy Fowler. Honoiary: Carl Jam- b
son, Dr. Erastus Peak, Dr. Stoddard,
Jr. H. T. Hunter, Thomas A. Cox,
Jr. C. Z. Candler, Prof. Robert L.
Vladison, and Wesley A. Henson.
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Sylva Boy Is ?
Marbles King r
Wayne Jamison, of Sylva Ele- "
nentary School, was the winner of
he Marbles Tournament for Jack- g
;on County, held on Monday afte|- o
loon, at the Community Center. * n
Under the sponsorship of the Jack- I g
ion County Recreation Project, mar- J ii
>les tournaments were held in the ti
chools of the county, and the win- d
ler in each of the schools came to b
Jylva for the tournament. Willets p
vas represented by Johnnie Sneed; c<
3eta by Andrew Que^n, Sylva High, I u
>y Frank Parris, Ba-ker's Creek by i
iewel Elders, Wilmoi, Buddy Lefler, la
iualla, Wayne Hyatt, Cullowhee, ai
Cenneth Hooper, East LaPorte, Ver- ai
ion Long, Glenville, Roy Blackburn, fc
niikhnm. James Robinson. si
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Wayne Jamison, the county win- J T;
ier, will go to Greensboro to com- js<
>ete lor the State Marbles Cham- 'h
>ionship. He is 11 y?ars of age. ja
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NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 13,
Will Start Work On
College Infirmarj
Cullowhee, (Special) ? The general
contract for a new infirmary
building at Western Carolina Teachers
College was awarded recently t<
:ne Southeastern Construction Company
at Charlotte.
The letting of this contract mark:
ihe begnning of the sixth new buildng
within the last year as a part o
;he $600,000 building and expansior
erogram on the college campus.
Bids for the infirmary were received
on March 25, but none wa:
iccepted at that time because th<
owest bid m ide exceeded the amoun
vf <t9.R oon nrifinally allocated for the
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>uil^ing by $1,775. Rather than t(
tvise the aichltectural plana and U
-eadvertisc bid# for the building, th?
itate budget conpnission and the
3WA office in Atlanta approved ?
ransfer ot the exCe# involved $mi
he old training school repair job tc
he new building.
Accordingly the general contracl
[oes to the Southeastern Constructior
Company in the sum of $23,867. The
dumbing contract of $2,335 was
warded to Ingold Construction Company
Incorporated, of Hickory. J
>. Powers of Bennettsville, S. C., was
;iven the heating contract of $4,573
he infirmary will be a two-story
trick building with a slate roof. It
s to have three rooms for men and
cur'for women with a capacity for
0 patients. Work on this building
cgan several days ago.
Favorable
Prospects continue to favor inreased
egg production and increased
roduction and marketing of poulry
this year as compared with 1938,
eports the U. S. Bureau of Agriculirnl
amies.
The Recreation Project has been
aining in interest among the people
f the county for the past several
\onths, and has become one of the
reatest of the educational forces
1 the county. The many varied acvities
of the Recreation Unit, under
irecti on cf Mrs. Helen Dillard, have
een attracting more and. more suport
fro mthe people throughout the
ounty. It is growing in interest and
sefulness.
Last summer many tourists were
ttracted to the Community House
nd Recreation center, for pleasure
nd amusement. With the home)lks,
it is both recreation and in;ruction
in various arts and crafts.
1 addition, many communities are
?rved with assistance in putting on
cme talent plays, entertainments,
nd in their own recreation projects.
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Tsylva High S<
I To Start
' Tompkins Backed
i Much Legislation
s Raleigh, N. C., AprU 12^The fob
" lowing is a complete list of all bill;
f introduced in the last General As1
sembly by Jackson's Representative
Dan Tompkins.
House Bill No. 33, granting pre3
ference to veterans in State employ5
ment. This bill passed both houses
t and is now the law.
; House bill No. 85, to promote the
} settlement of the bonded indebted*
ness of the Town of Sylva. This bill
i was enacted into law, and the town
*. is proceeding to a settlement.
1 House bill No. 103, jointly intro1
duced by other Western Representa}
Hves.- It is now the law, and, prohibits
U. S.,Forest Service from trap,
ping deer and shipping them out of
the State.
1 House bill No'. 205. Emergency
i bill to get the Japanese beetle, and
; to prevent a federal quarantine upon
shipment of fruits, flowers, and
vegetables out of the State. This bill
is estimated to save fruit and vege!
table growers of North Carolina
, many thousands of dollars and a
, great deal of trouble.
House bill No. 257,. to place Mrs.
Emily Henson on the Confederate
Pension roll. It was enacted into
' law.
House bill No. 272, to prohibit the
sale of beer and wine in the county,
and to place the traffic under strict
supervision of the county commissioners..
After a hard fight in committee
and in the House, this bill
failed to pass. It was one of the
hardest-fought measures in the General
Assembly, and the dry forces
rallied around it as the' most im|
portant dry measure of the session.
I House bill 327, allows Justices of
j the Peace to sentence those convict;
ed of drunkenness to 30 days on the
roads, and compels the State highway
and Public Works Commission
to accept them, instead of the county
having to feed them in the local jail.
House Bill 331. This bill would
have allowed welfare workers who
were in the service prior to April
..1936 to continue in the work without
civil service or other examinatinnc
if thev are doing satisfactory
service. The State Board of Charities
and Public Welfare met .and
. changed its regulations so as to cover
the purpose of the bill, and the
introducer withdrew the bill.
House Bill No. 441. Extended the
terms of Jackson county officers to
four years, along with the sheriff,
coroner and clerk of the court.
t House Bill No. 486. To allow
irs v-MAKM*
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zhool Finals
Friday Night
Sylva High School finals will be*
gm next Friday evening at 8 o'clock,
with the commencement play.
| Or> Sunday afternoon at 2:30, the
annual sermon will be preached by
Rev. C. G. Hefner, of Cullowhee.
Class Day exercises wiu be held
s Monday afternoon at 2:30. Monday
- evening at 8, the annual recitationj
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, aeciamauon contest, under the auspices
of the B H. Cathey Chapter, U.
D. C., for the Gertrude Dills McKee
Medal, will be held.
? Graduation exercises will be held
at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. D.
' Hi den Ramsey will be the speaker,
and he will be introduced by Dan
L Tompkins.
i | Miss Lucile Reed is valedictorian of
S Lhe class; and Miss Georgia Revis is
' i salutatorian.
' There are 42 boys and, girls in the
class, who will receive diplomas.
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College To Enlarge
Its Heating Plant
Cullowhee, (Special)?Bids on the
revised plans for enlarging the heat- 1
j ing system of Western Carolina
Teachers College will be heard at
| Cullowhee, Friday, April 15, by the
board of trustees, President H. T.
| Hunter announced today. The present
system will be 1 inadequate lor
heating both the dormitories and
classrooms now in use and the six
new buildings under construction on
the campus. Present plans call for
the addition of new boilers, stokers,
and improvements in the boiler
room.
Bids for this project were received
March 18; but since all bids exceeded
the money originally allocated for
this work, they were rejected, and
bids on the new plans will be heard
Friday pending the approval of the
State Budget Commission and the
PWA office of Atlanta.
: Spending ?
Food still ranks first in farm
family expenditures, but increased
outlay for automobile and household
operation in recent years has shoved
clothing spending down to fourth
place.
worthy students at the University
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ana me colleges ui me uwvt *,
nctes for tuition and board, and the
notes to be negotiable. The committee
on Higher Education gava
i this bill and unfavorable report.
| House Bill No. 491. To allow
American Legion Post? to obtain
certified copies of birth certificates
I without cost. This bill was enacted
* into law.
( House Bill No. 768. Continued the
| work of extermination of Japanese
j Beetles during the two years of the
biennium. Both Japanese Beetle
| Bills had the support of all farm
| organizations in the State,
j House Bill No. 843. To allow the
f;Town of Sylva to adjust street assessments
with property owners,
i House Bill No. 844. To place
/Jackson county under the general
haw regarding the registration of
I crop liens.
| House Bill No. 845. -Provides ror
a term of court each year, if the commissioners
of the county find it necessary
to hold such court.
House Bill No. 846. To regulat ?
the sale of dynamite. This bill was
designed to protectN/the streams
against fishing with dynamite. It
was reported unfavorably by the
committee.
House Bill No. 85G. This is th-:
new school Machinery Bill, and tlv*
Jackson Representative, as a member
of the sub-committee to draw
the school machinery bill, was one
or the introducers.
House Bill No. 995. This bill would
have provided for an election in
I Jeckson county or any township.
I upon petition, upon the sale of wine
and beer. It was reported un.avorably
in the committee.
House Bill No. 91. This bill would
have limited the tax for Social Security
to, 10 in every county. It
failed to pass; but was the means of
providing a new equalizing fund of
$370,000 for Old Age Assistance, instead
of the present fund of 100,000.
This should result in great benefit to
the weaker counties, such as Jackson,
along this line.
No other State-wide or local bills
were introduced by Mr. Tompkins.