M bl S! 00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE IN 1 SUMMER SESSION Al CULLOWHEE TO START JUNE 8 Cuiiowhee, Mar. 1 (Special)? Twenty of the regular fifty members of the faculty at Weston Carolina Teachers College have been chosen to teach in the summer session of the college which will be held during the six weeks from June 8 to July 18. according to an announcement made by W. E. Bird, dean 0f administration at the college and director for the summer termBesides the regular members, of the faculty, a number of prominent educators from other, colleges and universities are being engaged to teach courses not offered ordinarily on the cam* pus. Among these visiting prov fessorsT will be Dr. Clifford C. Crump of Ripon College who for severaj years has been a member of the Western 1 Carolina Teachers College faculty. He will repeat his course in astronomy which has proved unusually popular among summer school stu dents. Dr. George Coffin Taylor, of the English department at the University of North Carolina, will return to the teachers college campus tq teach the tragI edies of Shakespeare. | The names of several outI standing men in the field of edu-. f cation, with whom arrangements for contracts are practically | complete, will be announced later. The summer school will con-j ? *? ?J [Illlit*. US lb IIUS UUI1C 1U1 SCVC1U1 | sessions, to give special emphasis to the understanding and appreciation of rural life, especially in several courses of science'and in the special subject of Western North Carolina History. The College will also continue its popular trips, through which learni - ing and recreation ate combined, k to interesting places in Western I North Carolina. For several years f the college has m&deTa ^Specfa3ty" f of combining field trips in geology, biology, history and art with the opportunity of seeing the beauty of Western North Carolina scenery. Every year new and former students are taken to the Biltmore House, to the Norris, Dam, to Copperhill, to the Cherokee Indian Reservation, to the Sondley Library, through the Smokies, and numerous other points of interest in large, comfnr'dKla KnecoC HUJPT1 pd hv the iv/i tavic muoovu vvvvaaw ? ! college. These trips have shown Students from places all over eastern United States who have' praised the program sponsored bv the college which combines class activities with sightseeing. Another special feature of the recreational activities planned for the students will be the new gymnasium and the new swimming pool. Credit courses in swimming are being offered and ' will be taught by Marion Mcr Donald, member of the physical education department. Three dormitories will be . available for housing students this summer; Moore and Robertson will be open for women, and a new dormitory, finished only this year, will be ready for men. Because of the lack of dormitory space. it has been necessary heretofore to have two summer schools; this year, powder,, administrators believe that all those wishing to attend summer school can, with the new dormitory added be accommodated in one term. The college is making special provision in its summer term for teachers who wish to qualify ior positions as principals and superintendents. The courses offered for this purpose are to be taught by prominent educators from other institutions. For principals and teacners desiring to study Guidance, special courses in diagnosis, and principles of guidance as well as remedial education and vocational guidance will be taught. Teachers taking these courses will have the opportunity of studying firsthand the Cooperative Guidance Program being sponsored by Western Carolina Teachers College for several thousand children in Western North Carolina. Courses in library science will be available for high school j . i * . . , I \ > wwvm: ' > i ^ CHAMBER TO AGAIN ,( SPONSOR LIBRARY The directors of the Sylva Chamber of Commerce, meeting Thursday, voted to again sponsor the library project for Sylva ? for the ensuing, year. This library, sponsored by the ? Chamber of Commerce, as a W. P. A. project and backed by E certain women's clubs in the city N has been doing a splendid work, c with the minimum of equipment T and meagre funds. It has proved to meet at great need of the peo- Cl pie, and to also be a drawing ** card for the tourists. Tourists C coming- through Sylva stop at d the information booth where the T little library, is housed, and 0 learn about the region around g n 1 ~IV.?i li nt oyiva. turn utic wuifi. uiub wxc 11- v brary is doing, and avail them- 1 selves of its assistance in making tt a vacation more pleasant. si The bookmobile from the p North Carolina Library Commis- vi sion comes around once a month ci now; and when the number of w books is increased, it will visit tl the county more frequently, and i C will go to all parts of this county 1 s as it now does to many of the e other counties. . iS During the' year the library ' tl has spept $202.24 for books, and $37.47 for miscellaneous library u supplies. A wealthy woman in. Chicago has sent the library 200 Lused books and fifty new books. | During the year the Chamber of Commerce paid the library $40.00. There are 28 members of a the library at $1.00 per member. E The library $>onsored a moving j picture, and secured $9.06 from' that source. The Woman's Club 1 made a donation of $50.00; and the Twentieth Century Club, $14.10. From fees and overdue fines, the library has received $33.35, which leaves the library in debt, h at the beginning of. March, in ^ the sum of $49,09... r . c The Chamber of Commerce di- y rectors discussed plans for the cj >#s?ction -ot-a-iibrary building, & and Chamber of Commerce V( A. # quarters. D The library has done well, and tc has a great future of usefulness s before it. If some plan for a Vj W. P. A. project, or otherwise, to re erect a home, for it could be worked out, it would be a fine C( thing to do. n, GIBSON ADDRESSES E ROTARY CLUB ? . ti Mayor Herbert Gibson was the jv guest speaker at t the. Rotary j" Club, last Tuesday evening, at: the Carolina Hotel. He told the < p Rotarians ' about the recent g mayors' tour of Florida and, d riAnrtria. in the interest of adver- I tising Western North Carolina. !11 - Vi . teachers. t t] | Besides the visiting instruc- fj tors, these members of the reg- si ular staff will teach: Dr. W. A. p Ashebrook, head of business ed- ^ ucation. department, business t( courses; Miss Alice Benton, phy- c< sical education and health u courses; Mrs. C. C. Buchanan, e library science;- Miss Cordelia Camp, history., and education n courses; C. F. Dodson, head of $ science department, biology; P. tj L. Elliott, head of English department, English; Miss Fannie c< Goodman, grammar grade meth- 0 ods; Mrs. Inez G. Gulley, voice n and public: school, music; Miss p Anne Hammond, business edu( cation; Miss Virginia Hitchcock, h i piano and public school music;. \< ' .Tames Howell, English; Maude f( ' Ketchem, art; Marion McDonald, a director of training school, ad- , g ministration and citizenship; ! E. H. Stillwell, head of Social | Science department, history; j ? Newton Turner, geology and geo1 graphy; Miss Mabel Tyree, English; and Dr. C. D. Killian, head of the Education department, Guidance; and Miss Anne Al- s bright, dean of women, history, j r A special six weeks' term, ar- i ranged at the . college for the J convenience of teachers whose ? schools close early in the spring, t has been planned to begin May C 31 and close June 5. Five outside ? , teachers as well as twelve to i , fifteen members of the regular \ staff will teach from twelve to, s thirty courses, the number de- t i pending upon the needs of the c 1 applicants. 1 fr ckS01 __ IM'TI SYLVA, NOl BOUNTY REPUBLICAN 1 CONVENTION TO BE HELD SATURDAY A convention of the Republi- ' ans of Jackson County will be J eld at the. Court House here, c n Saturday afternoon, accord- ? ig to a call issued by J. B. ;nsley, Chairman , and Cyrus H. j, Ticholson. Secretary of the ounty Executive Committee. y "he call follows: "A Convention of the Republi- c an Party of Jackson County is ereby called to meet in the ourt House at Sylva on Satur- [ ay, March 9th, 1940, at 2 p. m. his meeting is for the purpose -c f electing delegates to the Con- r ressional Convention which n Dnvenes in Brevard on March p Lth, and for electing delegates p ) other conventons and for t ich other business as may s roperly come before the Con- r ention. The different pre- t incts throughout the county ill hereby take notice to elect ^ leir delegates to said County y onvention as provided by the] t tate Plan' of Organization.. E very Republican in the county q ; cordially invited to attend y lis Convention. j This the 26th day of February, )40. J. B. ENSLEY ^ Chairman Jackson County ] Republican Executive Com mittee. Attest: Cyrus H. Nicholson, 0 ecretary, Jackson County Rep. ^ xecutive Committee. n t _ A wo More County, Homes Discarded ' t During February h ' " H 1; Madison and Polk county ^ omes joined those of ^ titchell, Hyde, Greene, Swain, n herokee, Chowan, Cumberland, ^ ancey and Transylvante on the r losed list when the commission- a i*g rvf_ fho hfft nftiintiaB fw VI* Wiv- rWpWwYvr vtHUXUcO Dted to discontinue use of the ^ uildings in February, according j ) information received by the j tate welfare department's di- y Lsion of institutions and cor- ^ jctions. Twenty-five North Carolina F aunties now have found it un- ^ ecessary to privide institutional Q ire of the needy aged, W. Curtis zell, director of the division, g lid. Beginning with the incep- . on of the public assistance pro- | pom in tV\o cfofa clicrhflw TYlfirA i ^ L CI 111 III W11V UI/MVV maw* v ian two years ago, 11 have een closed and the inmates laced in private dwellings to I ive them more family, contacts uring their declining years, Calvin R. Edney, Madison welire superintendent, said there s rere 24 inmates in that home at u le time of closing, only five o illing to the county entirely for p upport. Nineteen were given d ublic assistance grants of p rhich 'the Madison treasury had y 3 supply only one-fourth the ost, the remainder being made s p by the state and federal gov- a rnments. y "Closing of the home will r lean a saving of approximately b 1800 a year to Madison county c ixpayers," Edney said. Four inmates were in the Polk e ounty institution when it was v rdered closed, Miss Ina T. Tyer, welfare superintendent, re- g orted to Director Ezell. s "The purpose in closing these [ omes with small inmate popu- 11 1 J-. *A?*A I it ion is to pro viae uettci uai c | or them in the more homelike tmosphere of private families," . Izell said. Jylva Brothers t Meet in Panama j Two brothers, who had not * een each other for two years, * net recently in Panama, and, } tad an hour and a half visit. 1 ohn McLain is in the United 1 Itates Army, and, has been s here for two years. His. brother, * Jeorge McLain, is in the United Jtates Navy. When George's ship 1 >assed through the canal, on its ( vay to Pacific waters, he had a * hore leave, and met his army 1 >rother. John will leave Panama. 1 >n March 7, his enlistment ! laving expired. i ' m, I .: m- . J. * ' ' 'W: ' ' ' ' - ' .? ' I RTH. CAROLINA, MARCH 7, 1940 p * ^ * j " WHAT IS OUR POPULATION? 1 The population enumeration vill begin on April 1, and a compete count will be made of ( ackson county, of the town of ! lylva, and of the State of North j * ?. _ii_~ ;aruiuia. We are. all interested in knowng what , the results will be. The Journal will give free, 1 ear's subscription to this paper o the persons who guess the losest ftp what the exact popuv ation figure will be for the own of Sylva, and for the couny of Jackson. ! The contest is open to every>ody but no one can send in nore than one guess. All guesses riust be mailed to 'this office irior te the -beginning of the topulation count on April 1; and he awards will be announced as oon as the Census iBureau anlounces the population of the own and county. | How much have we increased a population in ten years? If our estimate is the nearest to he exact figure that will be antounced by the Bureau of the Jensus, you will , be given 1 ear's free subscription to the ournal, your county paper. ARS. M. V. MALLONEE )IES IN WASHINGTON Mrs. M. V. Mallonee, 95 years Id, died at her home in Arling- j on, Washington, on Monday aorning, according to informaion received here by her son, * Ir. Joseph Mallonee. Mrs. Mallonee, who celebrated he ninety-fifth anniversary of ter birth on last August 23, was ( , native of Macon county, but ( Ived. many years in Webster and 1 a Sylva, before, going to Wash- \ agton, twelve years ago, to } aake her Iaome with her daugh- ? er, Mrs. John Cowan. She was ? emarkably well preserved and lert for httkxearfi. 1 aoissr^ Cessrs. Joe Mallonee, of Sylva; ohn M. Mallonee, of Almond; esse Mallonee, of Yakima, J Washington; Ben and Dave ' lallonee, of Darrington, Washigton; and two daughters, Mrs. ^ 'annie Bryson, of West Mills, iacon county; and Mrs. Sherrill f Arlington, Washington. A lumber of grandchildren also , urvive. I The funeral and interment ... ?'- ?_ii i fill oe in nrmigbuii, naouuigwu, ( his afternoon. i j rence Posts Should ! Be Cut At This Time i W. J. Barker, assistant Exten- ^ ion forester at State College, i irges farmers to take advantage 1 f the remaining time before the < iress of spring work to replace \ lecayed fence posts and to cut t ?osts to fence in i.areas not i leretofore enclosed. c "North Carolina forests offer c everal durable species of trees adapted to fence posts without < reatment, such as black locust, i ed cedar, bald cypress, red mul- i ierry, and Catalpa," Barker de- t lared. 1 However, for farmers who have < xhausted these trees from their ] woodlands and must resort to ] ess durable, species, the Exten- ] ion forester recommends a pre- i ervative treatment. "Even the - a J.?nKlu nrnnHc nart ho mnHp < S&Sl UU1 UWIU TW VVUU VMA* W ?,. _ o last from fifteen years up if|,< >roperly creosoted," he said. ] Briefly, Barker's recommenda- ] ions for treating fence posts ] vlth creosote are: First, have he wood peeled : clean and ] horoughly dry. Then place the 1 wsts on end in a boiler contain- 1 ng creosote oil and boil for two ] lours. Posts should be in the oil ] o a depth of six inches deeper < -han they will stand in the ; ground and upon removal from j 1 >oiler, the entire post should be : ilaced in a tank of cold creo- ] ;ote oil and allowed to remain ; 'or two hours. Very satisfactory results have jeen obtained from using zinc jhloride as a preservative, thej specialist stated. This process i s much quicker because green posts are used. In fact, the sooner, the posts are used after cutting the better. j. J . , l i f * I 0 ' ' HAIR HEADS { COMMERCE BODY 1 FOR NEW YEAR I Louis Hair, principal of the Sylva High School was elected | is president of the Jackson j' County Chamber of Commerce,} it a meeting of the board of directors, last Thursday night. Dr. W. P. McGuire was elected vicepresident; Harry Ferguson, sec retary; ana w. J. risner, rreas- c urer. - v The group voted to hold the ^ unnual Chamber of Commerce ' banquet on Tuesday nigbt. ,a March 19, in the Community - House. J. E. Coad, secretary of' . the Hickory Chamber, of Com- J v nerce and principal promoter of , the recent Mayors' tour of Flori- s ia, has been obtained as the t speaker for the banquet. The board also voted to con- n tinue sponsorship of the public 5 library here. The Chamber has ^ been voting funds to the library since its establishment three pears ago. 1 < Plans were made for thf * printing and distribution o: ' pamphlets on Jackson countj ] yhich the Chamber sends ou< ?ach year to various points ovei b eastern United States and hand/ v but during the summer to vis- ti Itors here. , C The directors are: Velt Wilson, t W. P. McGuire, W. J. Fisher, J. L C T Dnharf T.nncr Dan MOOFP. V Clttll) o. IIIUWVI. V uvi.Q, t Harry Ferguson, T. Walter Ashe, t and M: B. Cannon. t o COUNTY METHODISTS t TO MEET SUNDAY 10 j |t The Methodists of Jackson is jounty, people from every Meth- c :>dist church in the county par- * ticipating, will hold a service in ' the Sylva Methodist church, * next Sunday evening at 7:30. e This service is a part of the * 'Methodist Advance Movement;" * and Rev. J. G. Huggin, Jrl, pastor of the Waynesville church, r jvin preachr" > - 1 j "j ? N. C. Health Director To J Speak in Philadelphia Raleigh?As guest speaker for ( ;he Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine of the Jniversity of Pennsylvania and ;he Philadelphia County Dental Society, Dr. Ernest A. Branch, di- j. rector of the Oral Hygiene Di- ^ /ision of the North Carolina s State Board of Health, will, on I v vao mh 9S exnlain this state's I c kVA.C4t4.WA* *>v; ?r Iental program, in the role of a j seminar speaker in Philadelphia. s Dr. Branch will speak at the s Jniversity of Pennsylvania, i c vhere a series of addresses has " ieen arranged "to promote a , a letter understanding by the I e iental profession of present t ;rends in public health prac- t ;ice, with a view to the better- s nent of preventive and curative c iental service for larger groups a )f our population." g Each speaker will present a \ selected subject, and the com- v nittee in charge, recognizing a ;he work that has been done by p ;he ?tate Board of Health in the c field of Oral Hygiene amohg the I school children of North Caro- r ina, invited Dr. Branch to go to Philadelphia and discuss "The C Dental Program of the North C Carolina Board of Health." It \ vill be recalled that last year he i lccepted a similar invitation to t speak in Toronto, Canada, whefe tie explained North Carolina's nrnprram before the Health j J League of Canada. Oiher speakers selected for the Philadelphia series, Dr. Branch I was advised, include: Dr. Harry I 3. Mustard, Prof. Abel Wolman, ? Dr. Carroll E. Palmer, Dr. Henry c Klein and Dr. Nathan Sini, who J will speak at different times. Dr. I Branch has written his accep- * tance and will speak on March ? 25, thus giving North Carolina's ( program added prominence from t a nationwide standpoint. ? c LESPEDEZA v 1 The Polk County Agricultural t Conservation Association com- I mittee has started a Movement I to get every farmer possible to I sow at least 100 pounds of lespe- I deza seed this spring. I H : f | ' : i - . . , . 1- ' 1 ' ; "... . * # $2.00 A YEAR IN ADV/ Start Work 0 Of NYA Bi )R. C. E. BARKER 1 TO SPEAK HERE NEXT THURSDAY I S I Dr. Charles E. Barker, doctor r ' i if Hygiene and physical culture, e vill speak three times next 2 Thursday, March 14. \ Dr. Barker, who spent an hour t ach day with William Howard e - j* 1.i _i_ _ .ait, Keeping mm nt ior ms jou 11 .s president of the United States. 11 /ill speak at 11 o'clock Thurs/ r [ay morning to the High Schobl i tudents. At 6:30 he will speak t o the members of the Rotary r /lub, and will address a mass g fleeting at the Elementary r ichool auditorium at 8 o'clock I "hursday night. 11 Following his services to Pres- k lent Taft, Dr. Barker began his /ork as a teacher of the priniples of health and right livig to the young people of the Tnited States and Canada, and d o their parents. His winters r re re devoted to lectures under i he auspices of the International a Committee of the Y. M. C. A. In p he summer he was on the a Jhautauqua platform. In recent s ears he has been working under * he auspices of Rotary, and in a his capacity he has talked in a ver 2,000 communities in North ? imerica. His most popular lec- ? ure, "How to Make the Most t iut of Life," has been delivered ^ o three million boys and girls of *chool age. Almost three-fourths ^ if the young people who have 1 istened to this talk have come 1 >ack the same evening to hear c lis address to mothers and fath- ( ts and their sons and daugh- ? ers on "The Most Important Job * n the World." ? Dr. Barker has been a member 1 if the Rotary Club of Grand 5 iapids, Mich., since October, c 921. He joined the"SfrafTbT'fo- 1 ary International on February * ? 1936. 2 s 1 < Celebrate Watson's * 97th Birthday * , g Exercises celebrating the 97th c lirthday anniversary of Elbert * Vatson, Jackson county's sole urviving Confederate veteran, ' ' 1 A ^ ^ m _ ?i I yere neia at tne uienvnie scnuui, in Saturday. His son, Hon. 'Yanklin Watson, was the chief peaker. Every grade in the chool participated in the exerises. The rythm band playing j Dixie," "The Old North State," c md "America." Mary Sue Rog- j t ts, of the tenth grade, gave a ^ irief sketch of the War Between 2 he States; Jimmie Moss of the 2 ixth grade, told briefly of North 1 c Carolina's part in the conflict; I md Sue Fowler, of the eleventh J :rade, gave a talk reviewing Mr. i Vatson's life. Sam McGuire and g Villa Joe Watson, grand nephew ,nd grand niece of Mr. Watson, resented him a bouquet of red arnations, from the school. | "hey were dressed in costumes, eminiscent of the' war days. Members of both the Jackson bounty United Daughters of the /'onfederacy chapters visited Mr. Vatson on his birthday, bring- g ng him gifts from the organia- I ions. c # * c Renewals and New t Subscribers 1 i t Recent new and renewal sub- i icriptions to The Journal in- 1 dude: B. H. Cathey, Canton; t ras. H. Sqott, Pittsburgh, Pa.; lev. D. M. Pressley, Washington, 3a.; G. P. Ball, Grayson Cope, J Jylva; Carl Terrell, San Gabriel,. ?alif.; H. A. Pell, Jr., Wolf Moun- I ain; L. C. Cagle, Whittier; J. C. j Jhuler, Cowarts; W., A. Henson, i* Jlenville; Sherrill Brown, Ryder- j1 pood, Wash.; Asheville Citizen- ;1 rimes; Thos. J. Shuler, Moun- I ^ ain Home, Tenn.; ReV. C. G. i ( Jefner, Norwood; Rev. 2W. L. I ^anier, Cullowhee; Mrs. Glenn } )avis, Darrington, Wash.; D. E. J Murray, Efland; J. T. Shelton, 1 jOS Angeles, Calif, c a LNOE OUTSIDE THE COUN * - j >n Erection 1 nilding Here | Work is starting on the erecion of a National Youth Admin stration building at the Sylva ligh School. It will be a twoitory building, for the use of J. Y. A. work, constructed of lative stone, as a W. P. A. projict. The lower floor will be used . is a manual training ana wuuu working shop for the boys; and he upper floor will have sev;ral rooms, in which air phases >f home-making will be taught o the girls. Every phase of home naking, including cooking, sewng, planning of meals, care of >abies and children, and all the est of it will be taught to the ;irls. The rooms will have the nost modern home equipment. I. S. Convention To Meet at Tuckaseigee The Tuckaseigee Baptist Sunlay School Convention will neet on next Sunday afternoon, ,t the Baptist church in Tuckseigee. Clarence Vance will reside. The session will begin ,t 2:00 o'clock, with a devotional ervice, led by W. H. Smith. This /ill be followed by congregaton,1 singing, secretary's report ,nd business; and roll call of lunday Schools in the county. Ipecial music by the Wood Sisers. "The Lord's Acre Plan, and Vhat It Can Mean to Your /hurch," Rev. Dumont Clarke, Lsheville; special music, Misses Jp javerne and Kay Hooper; mjn ite talks by the superintendentss >f the Sunday Schools in the . js? Convention. A quartet from the Jylva Baptist Brotherhood, will >e sung, and a talk, "The Mission > Jh Sunday School, by Miss Ethel tichardson, of the Baptist State Sunday School Board will U :onclude the program. Mr. V. fanr; Tsuperinfcendefit of the Bap-' ' '~*&f ist Sunday School in Sylva, and m officer in the convention ;ays: "It is hoped that every Sunday School possible will be epresented at the meeting. % Springtime is coming and the inlications are that this year is joing to be the best year in Sunlay School work yet experienced n our Association." , . 5 Methodist Young People Go To Waynesville ' . . :l 1 ' I A large number of the young >eople of the Sylva Methodist ihurch are planning to attend he Young People's Rally, at Vaynesville, next Monday night, it which time Bishop Purcell will iddress the young folks of this listrict. They will meet at the local hurch at 7 o'clock, and transK)rtation has been provided for ill the young folks who wish to ;o to the service lave Golden Wedding Anniversary The Jqurnal extends its con- j ;ratulations_ to _Mr. and Mrs. 5. R. Henson, of Willets, who elebrated their Golden Wedling anniversary on last Sun- * lay. There was no formal cele>ration, owing to the fact that to. Henson has not been well or several days, but many of heir friends and relatives renembered this couple, who have ived so long and so usefully ;ogether in this county. Vfission Circles to Meet | The evening circle, . of the Methodist Missionary Society will . neet on next Monday night with to. W. K. Chapman as hostess. [he leader will be Mrs. Herbert ^ Gibson, Jr. The afternoon circle will meet Vednesday afternoon with Mrs. r. Robert Long as hostess; and to. Gillis will speak on the life if Young J. Allen. VJ? |

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