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As one phase of the celebration
of "This Pays Your Community
Week," the heads of the
various WPA Projects in the
county have summarized the
i work done by their departments
during the year and have I
brought them to The Journal I
for publication:
Sewing Rooms
W. P. A. Sewing Rooms operating
in Jackson county employ 75
women.
This project is sponsored by
the County Commissioners with
Mrs. Edith Franklin of Asheville,
as District Supervisor, and Mrs.
Jessie Crawford as county supersupervisor.
During this fiscal year,
July 1, 1939 to May I, 1940,
14.805 garments for men, women
and children have been produced
and turned over to Welfare
agencies, to be distributed to the
needy in the county.
Women who #ork on Sewing
projects are taught every step in
sewing. Many have never had
experience in this kind of work,
and have learned to be expert ,
seamstresses, some qualified to
supervise groups making overall.
which is one of the most difficult
types of garment made. We
think this project "Pays Your
Community."
County Library Project
The W. P. A. Library Project
is under the Supervision of Mrs.
Verayle C. Franks, district supervisor
library project; Mrs.
. Mae P. Stallcup, assistant district
supervisor; and Miss Ruth
Parks, district training suycivisor.
Sponsored by the Jackson
County Board of Education.
Teachers College. With the exception
of the College the libraries
have been completely organized
to meet the state stand.
ard requirements.
Hundreds of . books which
would otherwise have been discarded
have been ipended, for
the schools and college at a cost
to the sponsor of 8 to 10 cents
each. However the mending unit
has been centralized and we now
have one mending unit serving
six counties, located in Bryson
City.
A number of principals have
asked that plans be made to
serve other schools next year.
The project makes it possible
for schools to have their libraries
organized and a person
in charge of circulation of bookfc
the entire day.
The W. P. A. persons at the
desk in the college are trained \
by Mrs. Buchanan, College Li- \
brarian, who reports commendable
service. The Public Library
hjas been organized and operated
entirely by W. P. A. service,
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce, and the Jackson
county Board of Commissioners.
In order to acquaint the public
with the service available
, by this project everyone is urged
I to visit the units operating during
the week of May 20-25. Open
house is being held for this express
purpose. Any questions re|
garding this project will be
gladly answered.
Adult Education
Figures taken from the 1930
I census showed 1,054 white people
and 68 colored people in
Jackson, county, who could not
read and write. Adult Education
was begun here in 1932 with 6
teachers approved for the work.
In the spring of 1 1933 other
teachers were added and Mrs.
Selma Middleton was appointed
supervisor. Since that time it has
been stimated that all but 200
of these folks have been taught
to sign their names and many
of them completed several of the
elementary grades. Others, who
bad not had an opportunity to
attend school but a few years,
have been carried through the
seventh grade and have entered
high school. During the Literacy
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WAR ON RATS
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Beginning next Monday, the
town of Sylva, in co-operation
with the Chamber of Commerce
and the State Board of Health,
will begin a campaign to rid the
community of rats.
Mr. Wilson, of the local public
health unit, and Mr. A. J.
Dills are today soliciting funds
with which to purchase the poison
for the rats. This is the only
cost of the campaign. The State
Board of Health will furnish
men, free of charge to the community,
to put out the poison
and administer the details of the
plan to exterminate' the pests.
The project may be extended to
include the whole county, depending
upon the amount subscribed
to buy the poison.
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HAYWOOD BAPTISTS
TO MEET AT BALSAM
The Haywood and Tuckaseigee
Baptist associations will hold a
joint meeting, on Thursday, May
16. The meeting will be held at
the Balsam Baptist church. The
following program has been arranged:
9:30 a. m., Praise and prayer,
H. M. Hocutt.
9:45 a. m., Roll call and oneminute
reports ; from the
churches by pastors or representatives,
led by W. N. Cook, W.
M, Gerald, clerks.
10:50 a. m., Biblical Recorder,
Orphanage, Hospital, J. S. Hopkins,
Fred Forester.
11:35 a. m., Praise and Announcements.
11:40 a. m., Missionary Address
or aermon, M. A. Huggins
or alternate.
12:20, lunch.
1:30 p. m., Ministers' Retirement
Plan, J. C. Pipes
<2.UU p. III., Vjpcil UlOCUMiUll UI
work in the churches and denomination,
Dr. H. K. Masteller.
2:40 p. m., "The Revival We
Need in the Churches," Nane
Starnes.
3:20 p. m.,Miscellaneous and
adjournment.
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Father Of J. F. Freeze
Passes At Kannapolis!
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Mr. A. M. Freeze, aged 89,
passed away, at his home in
Kannapolis, Sunday night and
the funeral service and burial
was at St. Enoch's cemetery in
Kannapolis. He is- survived by
three sons, J. F. Freeze, of Sylva;'
A. L. Freeze, of Cherokee, and
E. W. Freeze, of High Point; and
by two daughters, Mrs. F. U.
Rogers and Mrs. W. F. Taylor,
both of Kannapolis, and by fifteen
grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Debate Club Elects
Humphries President
Cullowhee, May 8 (Special)?
At a brief business meeting of
the Debate Club at Western
Carolina Teachers College this
jevening the members elected
"Ky" Virgil Humphries, of Lexington,
Ky., president for next'
year. John Wikle of Bryson City,
was chosen vice-president; and
June Marion of Pilot Mountain,
was named secretary and treasurer.
These officers succeed Helen
Greenlee of Spruce Pine,
president; Charles McCall, of
Rosman, vice-president; and
| Genevieve Summers of Moore
Haven, Fla., secretary and treasurer:
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This club is sponsord by Miss
Cordelia Camp and Dr. A. L.
Bramlett of the faculty.
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CAMPAIGN WEST
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L. LEE GRAVELY th<
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L. Lee Gravely, Rocky Mount me
candidate for governor, will Ca
carry his campaign into the Ca
state's mountain counties next ine
week, according to word received wii
by local adherents. ho
Mr. Gravely, who in the 1937 hii
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legislature umuuutcu uic ow
measure which provides for advertising
North Carolina's re- Ca
sources and advantages, will boi
confer with civic leaders in this En
section relative to properly "tell- Cit
:ng the world" about the vaca- mi
tion wonderland which has been wi<
opened up by the Scenic High- wa
way connecting the Shenan- gU
doah and Smoky Mountains po
parks. . sis
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12 STUDENTS RECEIVE ?
marked the closing of the com- ^
mencement of Sylva High School
last night, at which time Dr. *
Hoyt Blackwell, president of an
Mars Hill College delivered the d
address. The salutatory was by
John W. Crawford .and .Miss. J
Pansy Dillard was the valedictorian.
A piano solo by R. L. cai
Glenn, a member of the graduat- seI
ing class, and music by the Glee
Club, directed by Mr. Dan B. * (
rVknlr r?f tbp JTifirh School faCUltV.
were features of the program. ]y[
Mr. Hair, principal of the high
school, presented Dr. Blackwell.
Certificates were presented to
seventh grade students who had I
finished the grammar grades, die
by Mr. Frank Crawford, princi- ter
pal of the elementary school, and ier
Mr. A. C. Moses, county superin- tei
tendent of schools presented di- Sp
plomas to the graduates. th<
Medals were awarded for ex- wo
cellence in various capacities to 18(
Miss Joyce Fisher and Burl Hen- Th
son, athletics; Miss Grayce vil
Lloyd, English; James Cunning- j
ham, agriculture; John Craw- ter
ford, history; Miss Elizabeth chi
Stillwell, mathematics; activi- chj
ties, R. L. Glenn; dramatics, Me
Miss Agnes Wilson; science, Joe -ph
Deitz; commercial, Bobby Hall; (jUl
citizenship, Miss Maxine Reagan;
scholarship, Miss Pansy
Dillard, Miss Elizabeth Stillwell pa
and James Cunningham are stu- ^
dents in the eighth grade this k
year- tei
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MORE FIGURES FROM an
COUNTY RELEASED j*
BY CENSUS BUREAU Bo
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Figures released from the wi
Census Bureau, in Asheville, to- coi
day, in a preliminary count toi
and subject to correction, in- ch
elude: Sylva Township, (outside Ch
the corporation), 2368. In 1930
the population was 2029. pj
Dillsboro Township (oiitside
the corporation), 789; in 1930
698.
Scott's Creek, 1439; in 1960, 1
1387. let
River Township shows a de- sis
crease, because of the curtail- co
ment of the Blackwood Lumber ph
Company's operations, at East tu
La Porte. In 1930 the population it
was 1202, while the 1940 figures tw
are 980. Jj P?
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ATHEY RITES
HERE SUNDAY
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Funeral services for Ben H.
Lthey were conducted at the
lva Methodist church, Sunday
ternoon, by the pastor, Rev.
P. Ratledge, assisted by Rev.
M. Hocutt, and Rev. Mr.
illey, pastor of the Canton
?thodist church. Interment
is in the Keener cemetery.
Mr. Cathey, who was 49 years
age, died at his home in Cano,
Saturday afternoon, after
,ving been ill for two days;
ough his heajth had not been
od for several years.
A son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
mes H. Cathey, Mr. Cathey was
rn on Alarka, in Swain counAt
a very early age he moved
th his family to Sylva, and
ew up here. For years he was
jntified with the business and
jial life of Sylva. He Served as
member of the board of alder- t
;n, and as tdwn clerk, during
e period when Sylva was en-'
ged in its paving program. A
jmber of one of Western North
rolina's foremost families, Mr.
they was a man of extraordiry
ability, fcfeen mind, and
th a high sense of personal
nor and Integrity. To know
n was to admire him for his
rling worth, r
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rwelve years ago he moved to
nton, where!/he was head
pkkeeper foM the Champion
lployees Store; and in that
y he made host of friends.
Cathey \ la ftjryived by his
low, who befmjher marriage
,s Miss Ai|it|r7Sanford, of Austa,
Ga.; one brother, H.
sey Cath?, f of Sylva; two
ters, Mrs.) Heij^ Dillard of
lva, and tfrnfiMe C. Miller,
Cleveland; 0Mor and by nine
tf*^wtooken his ties with
lva. He still owned property
re, and had a cottage in pross
of erection here, where he
pec ted to spend his week-ends
d vacations; and perhaps his
dining years.
\ large number of people from
.ywood and Swain, counties,
me to Sylva for the funeral
-vice. Pall bearers were young
;n who worked under him in
? store at Canton..
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firs. Mary E. Burress Monteith J
d at the home of her daugh,
Mrs. Elsie Hawkins, in Cashs
Valley, April 30. Mrs. Month
was born July 9, 1852, in
artanburg, S. C., and from 1
jre her parents moved to Hay- '
od County. On March 10, J
>9, she was married to the late
omas S. Monteith, of Glen- .
le.
tfrs. Monteith was always lnested
in the work of her ,
urch. She was one of the .
arter members of the
ithodist church at Glenville. ,
e funeral services were concted
by her pastor, Rev. J.
vester Higgins, and assisted
Rev. Mr. Cook, the Baptist I
stor at Glenville. !
3he is survived by three sons:
C. Monteitfh, John W. Month,
T. C. Monteith, and two
?u+nw A/Tro ntpiia Fowler '
Ugil IC1 O KJ? V wva.? ?
d Mrs. Elsie Hawkins, all of J
ckson Coiinty. One brother
wn Burress, and two sisters,
s. Fannie Boyd, and Mrs.
lma McLeroy, all of Haywood
anty; a niece, Mrs. Iola Paxl
of GlenVille, also 29 grand
ildren, andj 31 great grand- 1
ildren.
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[OSPHATE BRINGS RESULTS
J DILLARD'S PASTURE
Price Dillard, a farmer of Wils,
told J. F. Giles, astant
farm; agent in Jackson 1
unty, that the application of
losphate to part of his pasre
in the Spring of 1939 made
available for grazing this year
o weeks earlier than other
isture.
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COOPER VISITS
< SYLYAIN TRUCK!
f \ TOM COOPER
Tom Cooper .Mayor of Wilmington,
and candidate for the
nomination of governor was
here Tuesday afternoon, and
spoke to the people on the street
frnin Vilo pnnn H frnnlr Moitai"
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Cooper is conducting his compaign
over the state from his
sound truck.
JOHN B. WATSON .
PASSES AT 89
Mr. John B. Watson died at
his home in Sylva, Sunday morning,
after an illness of about two
weeks.
Mr. Watson was born in Caney
Fork township eighty-nine years
ago. He was married to Miss
Rhoda Parker, who passed away
about a year ago. Mr. and Mrs.
Watson celebrated 8*eir sixtyseyenth
wedding anniversary on
The fuhSrrt fettle*;" ftdd at
the home Monday morning at
ten o'clock, was conducted by
Rev. H. M. Hocutt, pastor of the|
Baptist church, assisted by Rev. I
Mr. Sprinkle, of Canton, andi
Rev. W. C. Reed, of Ball's Creek.!
Mr. Watson is surviyed by two!
daughters: Mrs. R. A. Painter/
of Sylva, and Mrs. John Phillips,
of Canton; and by two sons,
L. M. Watson, of Sylva, and Ett
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number of grand children and
great grandchildren also survive.
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JUDGE ALLEY WILL
SPEAK AT CULLOWIIEE
Judge Felix E. Alley will be
the speaker at the 11 o'clock
service at the Cullowhee Baptist
church, Sunday morning, according
to announcement made
by the pastor, Rev. Fred Forester.
Judge Alley's subject will
be "The Divinity of Christ."
Mr. Forester will begin a series
3f revival services at the Enderly
Park Baptist church, in Charlotte,
Sunday night. The deacons
Df the Cullowhee church will fill
the pulpit of the church during
the absence of the pastor.
SMILEY TO ADDRESS
BAPTIST CONVENTION
Mr. A. L. Smiley, of Bryson
City, will be the principal speaker
at the Convention of the
Baptist Sunday Schools of the
Tuckaseigee Association, Sunday
afternoon.
The convention will be held at
the Zion Hill church and the
program, which begins at 2:30 is
as follows:
Congregational singing.
Devotional, Rev. Joe Bishop.
Roll Call of Sunday Schools
and secretary's report.
Special music, Zion Hill choir.
"Our Baptist Hospital and Its
Program," Tom H. Simpson.
Intermediate Sword Drill demonstration,
Miss Pansy Dillard.
Junior Sword Drill Demonstration,
Miss'Jean Monteith.
Special music, New Savannah
choir.j
"Our Mothers and Sunday
School," A. L. Smiley.
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SCHOOL BEGINS
"hVrVmonday
Registration and the parade
for the Daily Vacation Bible
School at the Baptist church will
be Saturday afternoon, at 3:30
o'clock, and classes will begin on
Monday afternoon^ at 2:00.
Rev. H. M. Hocutt will be principal
and Mrs. Claude Campbell
has been chosen as pianist. The
jeginners' Department will be
leaded by Mrs. Willie Monteith,
.is superintendent. The teachers
for this department are Mrs.
Garland Jones and Miss Violet
Womack. In the primary department,
Miss Edna Allen is superintendent,
with Miss Sadie
Queen, Mrs. Creorge Lee and Miss
Mary Alma Wilkes as teachers.
Mrs. H. M. Hocutt is superintendent
of the junior department
and Mrs. David Dills, Mrs.
Jack Fitzgerald and Mrs. Harry
Nicholson are her assistants.
The superintendent of the intermediate
department is ?Mrs.
Herbert Bryson and the teachers
in this department have not yet
been chosen.
PLAYERS TO PRESENT
MACBETH AT COLLEGE
The Black Mountain Players
of Black Mountain College will
present "Macbeth," by Shakespeare,
in the college auditorium
of Western Carolina Teachers
College, Cullowhee, Saturday
evening, May 11, at eight o'clock.
| The production is under the direction
x)f W. R. Wunsch, dramatics
director of Black Mountain
College.
The Black Mountain Players
are considered one of the outstanding
little theatre groups
of North Carolina. Mr. Wunsch
says "Mackbeth" is one of the
most ambitious bits of staging
his group has ever attempted.
The production is being sponsored
by the Dramatics club of
Western Carolina Teachers College,
who will be hosts, to an
informal reception immediately
after the play, complimenting
the visitors.
The public is cordially invited.
WPA Dinner Tickets On
Sale at Commerce Office
The Jackson County Steering
Committee announces that
tickets for the WPA Project dinner
will be on sale at the Chaml?er
of Commerce building, on
I Jain street, with Mr. M. D. Cowiji
in charge of the sales.
The dinner will be served at
7:30 o'clock, on Monday evening,
May 20, at the Community
House, and will be in celebration
of "This Pays Your Community
Week." The tickets will
be 25 cents each and every person
who is interested is invited
and urged to be present.
Miss Hunter Accepts
Important Position
Cullowhee, May 7 (Special)?
Miss Jane Hunter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hunter of
Cullowhee who, during the last
year has been Studying Journalism
at Columbia University, has
just been appointed to the position
of director of social activities
at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
in New York City. In this new
position, Miss Hunter arranges
for social functions for various
groups given at the hotel, interviews
celebrities who are stopping
there, and sends letters
concerning these men and women
to their home papers.
ADVERTISING
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Nine states are spending money
to advertise farm products,
and thus help the farmers.
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ds Elect .1
Both Local j
nty Schools
Meeting yesterday afternoon J
the local school board elcted
teachers for the year 1940-41,
subject to the approval of the ^jj
county board of education. Tne ?
teachers for Sylva High and Elementary
schools, as announced
by Principal Louis Hair, are:
high school: Miss Edith Buchanan,
Mrs. Chester Scott, Mrs.
Herbert Bryson, Mrs. Claude
Campbell, Miss Elizabeth Amnion,
Miss Osa Belle Middleton,
Miss Louise Henson, Mr. L. O.
Huff, Mr. Claude Henson, Mr.
R. G. Watson, Mr. Dan B. Cook.
A department of vocational
training will be added to the
school, if present plans mature, Ij
with W. A. Hatfield, who has
taught agriculture in the high
school for the past two years, as
teacher. j
Sylva elementary school: Mr.
Frank Crawford^ principal, Mrs.
J. F. Freeze, Mrs. Herbert Gibson,
Jr., Miss Bertha Cunningham,
Miss Annie Louise Madison,
Miss Louise Mason, Mrs.
George Lee, Miss Rhoda Cope,
Miss Belzora Holden, Miss Evelyn
Parker, Mrs. Dan Tompkins.
A partial list of teachers for
other schools in the county
follows:
Qualla: Mr. Howard Crawford,
principal; Miss Edith Alley, Miss
Geneva Turpin, Mrs. Cora Cope,
Miss Evelyn Sherrill.
Wilmot: Mr. Conrad Hooper,
principal; Mrs. Miller Hall, Mrs,
Harriett Hall Jenkins.
Barker's Creek: Mrs. Lois
Martin, principal; Miss Jennie
Cathey.
Dix Creek: Miss Kathleen
Bryson.
Dillsboro: Mr. Alliney Bryson,
principal; teachers to be elected.
Beta: W. V. Cope, principal;
Mrs. Maude Ensley, Miss Annie
L. Terrell, Mrs. W. G. Dillard.
Addie: Mr. John Crawford,
principal; Mrs. Clem Hall Cogdill,
Mrs. Louise Edwards
Willets: Mr. S. J. Phillips,
principal; Miss Hicks Wilson,
Miss Kathlyn Sutton.
Balsam: Mr. Cornelius Dietz,
principal; Mrs. Sara Crawford,
Mrs. Alberta Monteith.
Cane Creek: Mrs. C. A. Bayne.
Glenville: Mr. F. S. Griffin,
principal; Mr. M. B. Madison,
Miss Ruby Stevens, Mr. Buren
Terrell, Mrs. Kate P. Bryson,
Mrs. Arline Evans, Miss Hattie
Lou Long, Miss Dorothy B. Higdon,
Miss Marie Moody, Miss
Janie Moss, Miss Sara Belle
Hooper, Mrs. Frank Bryson.
1984 GROWERS IN
JACKSON COUNTY
SIGN FARM PLANS
A total of 1984 growers of
Jackson county will cooperate
with the 1940 Agricultural Conservation
Program, E. Y. Floyd, '^|
AAA executive officer of N. C.
State College, announced following
receipt of signed farm plans
signifying such intention. The
Triple-A lists 2000 farms in this
county.
The "sign-up" for the 1940
program is an increase over the
1497 farmers who earned payments
under the 1939 Agricultural
Conservation - ' program.
Floyd expressed himself as highly
pleased over the participation i
indicated in this county.
Every farmer in the county
was given an opportunity to sign
a Farm Plan, on which he listed
the soil building practices he
intends to carry out. He received
a copy of the Farm Plan which
showed the type of practices in
the program, and how much he
could earn from each. The plan
also listed the individual grower's
allottments for soil deplet
ing crops, which he must plant
within to earn payments.
Floyd said that in the state as
a whole, Farm Plans were signed
by 223,104 out of 236,546 eligible
farmers. This is an approximate
94 per cent "sign-up" and is a
decided contrast with the 113,598
farms on which payments
were earned in 1939.