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I 166 Gradua
I Receive Di
I W. C. T.
I commencement exercises 1
I marking the fifty-first anniver- 11
-< > w nt Western Carolina Teach- j 1
I ers^ College will begin saturaay
I evening, June 1, at eight o clock
with the annual commencement
I concert and will be concluded <
I Tuesday morning, June 4, with <
I the awarding of diplomas and an 1
I address by John Temple Graves, i
I ii, of the Birmingham Herald- ]
I ?Tribune.
I The graduating class com- <
I posed of 166 members is the 1
I largest in the history of the col- j
I lege, according to a recent an- <
I nouncement by. Miss Addie 1
I Beam, registrar of, the college. <
I On Sunday morning at eleven <
I o'clock, the baccalaureate sermon 1
I wni be delivered by the Rever- <
I end H. D. Althouse, pastor of the 1
I Corinth Evangelical and Re- <
I formed Church of Hickory in <
I the college auditorium. 1
I president H. T. Hunter, follow- <
I ing a precident of long stand- J
I ing, will address the graduating :
I class at three thirty o'clock, J
B Sunday afternoon in the draw- <
W ing room of the Student Union
I Building. Following the presi- M
V dent's message, the college fac- ''
I , ulty will entertain the gradu- '
I aring class with a tea, to which '
I parents, alumni, and out-of- '
I town guests are also invited.
I Monday is alumni day, the ]
I main feature of which will be an
alumni banquet lor alumni,
graduates, and faculty members
at six o'clock in the college
dining hall. At this dinner the
alumnus'of the college, who has 1
been elected for noteworthy 1
achievements to the distin- i
guished service roster by mem- 1
bers of the alumni association, t
will be announced; and mem- t
, bers of the graduating class will '
4 be recognized formally. Ot nine 1
o'clock Monday evening a dance z
for alumni and graduates will
be given in the college gymnasi- 1
um with Bill Stringfellow's orchestra
playing. 1
Graduation Exercises <
Graduating exercises will be- {
gin Tuesday morning at ten 1
o'clock with President Hunter ^
presiding. After the graduating '
address by John Temple Graves, j
n, Dean W. E. Bird will Dresent !
the 166 candidates for graduation
to Mr. Hunter, who- will
then confer upon them bachelor ,
of science degrees. After the
awarding of degrees President
.Hunter will give a brief address. ^
Then President-Emeritus Robert
Lee Madison, who founded !
the college in 1889 will be recog- ;
nized. He will follow his annual ;
custom of presenting personal
gifts to the seniors who are
children or grand-children of
students whom he formerly
taught.
Presentation of special awards,
scholarships, and medals will
then be made. At this time the
best citizens of the college, one
boy and one girl, will be announced.
Chief marshal for comniencement
is John Henry Gesser,
of Hendersonville; other
marshals are Ruth Coggins of
Bee Tree; Katherine Brown of
Cullowhee; Alwayne DeLozier of
Enka; and Edwin Young of
I Franklin. Mr. Keith Hinds, spon1*
Snr & knls' flllh Will
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be the faculty marshal.
Graduates In Primary Field
' ; The following <ifty-four candidates
for graduation are in the
Pnmary field: Hazel Watkins
Abernathy, Cullowhee; Grace
^ones Anderson, Corro Gordo
Mary Janette Anderson, HillSirt;
Norine Anderson, Hayesvihe;
Ruth Barnard, Andrews;
. Clarice Barnes, Wendell; Gay
Nora Battle, Cullowhee; Celesta
.' Gray Boyette, Kenly; Gladys
Little BrOck, Franklin; Margaret
Jean Brown, Fairyiew; Annie
Lee Bryson, Cane River; . Marjorie
McCrae Burkett, Windsor;
^ary Cox Bush, Morgan ton;
Irene Shelton Cline, Cullowhee;
Nhoda Cathryn Cope, Sylva;
Anne Leonard Davis, Kenly
Mildred Grady Dean, Blackcontinued
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iplomas At
C. Tuesday
LOCAL WOMEN TO BE
ON DISTRICTPROGRAM
The meeting of the district fed
eration of home demonstration
slubs, for the first district, will
be held in the Methodist church,
In Murphy, Friday, June 7. The
meeting begins at 10:30.
The Home Demonstration
Club women from this county
who will take part on the program
are Mrs. R. U. Sutton,
county federation president, who
will give the response to the address
of welcome; Mrs. Frank
Crawford, Mrs. Jennings Bryson,
Mrs. Dennis Higdon, Mrs. Lewis
Cannon, will serve on the courttesy
place, nominating and resolutions
committees. Mrs. Myrtle
Dsborne, secretary of the county
federation, will read the report
of the home demonstration work
in Jackson county, for the past
fear. Mrs. Lewis Cannon is the
incoming president of the first
district.
Misses Pansy and Phyllis Diliard
will give a 4-H team demonstration
on "Lighting". Miss Pan
sy Dillard will read the report of
l-H club work in the county, for
1939.
MRS. DUNLAP OF .
WHITTIER TAKEN
BY DEATH AT 64
Funeral services for Mrs.
Elizabeth Dunlap, 64, of Whitiier,
who died Wednesday afterloon
at the Angel Hospital of
Eranklin, was held at the Whither
Methodist church Friday afiernoon,
May 17th, at 2 o'clock,
rhe Rev. C. L. Fisher and Rev. J.
L.. Hyatt officiated. Burial was
it the New cemetery. I
Mrs. Dunlap is survived by her
lusband, C. Y. Dunlap; 4 sons,
Talmage and Curg Sherrill, Lee
Wilson, and Wade Dunlap; 6
laughters; Mrs. T. H. Bridges
ind Mrs. D. H. Howell of Whittier,
Mrs. C. G. Boone, Mrs. E. K.
Roe, Mrs. R. J. M. Stranathan,
Mrs H. E. Zimmerman of Akron,
Dhio; two step-sons, Roy O.
Sherrill, of Yellow Creek, and
Bob Dunlap of* Whittier;- her
father, R. L. McLaughlin of Centralia,
Wash.; five brothers,
Wade, Taylor, Jesse McLaughlin
of Centralia, Wash., Eugene
McLaughlin, of Tula Lake, Col.;
three sisters, Mrs. Charles Myers
r,f BroHpntnn Fla.. Mrs. Frank
Myers, High Point, and Mrs. L. L.
King of Tula Lake, Calif.;
twenty-three grandchildren and *
two great grandchildren.
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Canada 1 .50 3 1
Canada 2 27 2 J
Caney Fork 95 12 I
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Cashiers 129 17 I
Cullowhee 328 31 3(
Dillsboro 65 63 h
Green's Creek... 39 1 21
Tlamhnre- 81 13 1(
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Mountain 20 __ 7
Qualla 59 23 8!
River 1 55 7
River 2 26 2 3
Savannah 123 16 4?
Scott's Creek 1 __ 44 19 2
Scott's Creek 2 __ 57 18 J
Scott's Creek 3 ? 36 31 31
South Sylva 234 81 2
{North Sylva 160 51 2'
Whittier 58 44 6.
Total 1718 458 421
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SYLVA
DAILY VACATION BIBLE!
SCHOOL IN PROGRESS
AT METHODIST CHURCH
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A Daily Vacation Church
School is being conducted at the
Methodist church here this week
and next, under the direction of
Mrs. A. P. Ratledge. Mrs. Paul
Ellis is pianist. Mrs. Elma Donnahoe
ancT Miss Mary McLain
are in charge of handicrafts.
Mrs. Kermit Chapman is teach~
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on "Worship"; Mrs. David M.
Hall is instructing the Juniors
on "Knowing and Serving the
Community;" Mrs. Dan Tompkins,
teaching the primary
grade, has as her subject "Children
of the Bible," and Mrs.
Robert Fisher, Jr., is in charge
of the Beginners Department.
Children of the ages of 4 to 12
are invited to attend the sessions,
which are held from 9 to 11
o'clock each morning, except
Saturday, of this week and next.
Drinking Pedestrians
Menace To Safety
Raleigh?The drinking driver
has long been a major cause of
concern to Ronald Hocutt, Director
of the Highway Safety Division,
but in recent months the
drinking pedestrian has given
the safety director a few headaches.
"It is difficult to know just
what to do about the individual
who takes on a few snorts and
then goes tacking down the ^
street or highway, endangering
not only his own life but also, _
strange to say, jeopardiging the
safety of other people," Hocutt I
said. "
"Everyone knows that the I
drinking driver is a menace not
only to himself but to everyone
else on the road, but it is generally
thought that the drinking
pedestrian endangers no one's
life but his own. That may be'
true in most cases, but there are 1
many times when a motorist 1
swerves to avoid striking an un- *
steady pedestrian and kills or 8
injures himself or someone else. c
"Approximately 40 per cent of s
our traffic fatalities are pedes- 1
trians and a good many of the
pedestrians killed have had a
few drinks under their belts. s
"The Highway Safety Di- .
vision," Hocutt added, "cautions '
people who drink not to walk on I
the streets and highways, par- ]
ticularly at night, and we also
urge all motorists to be on the
watch for unexpected move- i
ments of drinking pedestrians. 5
There is a well-known slogan to
the effect that Tf you drink (
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aon t anve. we migixt auu, ?,nu ?
if you drink, don't walk in traf- i
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Revival Services
Confining At
fiapttsfiChurch j
The series of services, begun (
ast Wednesday night, at the 1
Baptist church ljiere, are continu
ng this week, Jvith services at 1
:30 in the morning and at 8:00
t'clock at night. Rev. L. H. Daw- J
;on, of Tye River, Virginia, is
reaching at each service.
No softball is being played
lere, this week, because of the (
.ervices. \
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iV. C. REED |T0 PREACH > j
IT BAPTISE CHURCH
SERE SUNDAY NIGHT j
Rev. W. c. Reed, who is spend- '
ng several days in and around {
>ylva with his many friends, *
vill preach at the Sylva Baptist
Church Sunday night, June 2,
it 8:00 o'clock. A cordial welcome J
s extended to all friends to be t
jresent at the service. <
IIMARY, MAY 25, JA<
r-Gov. S^P; 22 r auditor ??l
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SLOGANAME CONTEST
ENTRIES DEADLINE
IS TUESDAY AT 6 P.M.
Tuesday, 6:00 p. m. marks the
leadline for entries in the Slogalame
contest in which The
rournal is offering $17.50 in cash
prizes. No entries postmarked
ater than that time will be conlidered.
Send in your entries at once
Remember, every advertisement
nust be filled out completely,
rhe winner of the first prize will
eceive $10.00; the second $5.00,
ind the third $2.50, originality
in/T nnrvi aItt Ua
mu v^winpici/cijr i.mcu pagco ucng
the first consideration in
awarding the prizes.
SWAIN - JACKSON
YOUNG METHODISTS
ELECT OFFICERS
The Swain-Jackson Methodist
ifoung People's Union, meeting
Monday night at the Methodist
:hurch here, elected Bobby Hall,
>f Sylva, president; Miss Caroyn
Gibson, of Sylva, vice-presilent;
Miss Dorothy Stallings, of
Bryson City, secretary-treasur;r;
and Mrs. May Stallcup, of
iVhittier, adult counsellor. The
jfficej-s were installed by Rev. A.
?. Ratledge, pastor of the Meth)dist
church here. . .
Miss Ialeen Sigmon, of Bryson
City, retiring president, presided
at the meeting.
The Union voted to send the
president to the Young People's
Conference, to be held at Lake
JunahTska, the first of July.
After the business meeting, refreshments
were served by th<
Sylva Epworth League. 'v
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SINGING CONVENTIOIN
MElETS HERE SWPAI
The Jackson County Singing
Convention will meet Sunday afternoon-,
at 1:30 o'clock, at the
East Sylva Baptist church, according
to announcement mad<
t)y Graay t>micn, secretary.
All singers are invited to attend
the convention.
Morris Brothers To
Stage Entertainment
The Morris "Brothers, Radic
entertainers, will present an entertainment
in the Gradec
3chool auditorium here, Fridaj
night at 8:00 o'clock.?
The entertainment is undei
the auspices of the Twentieth
Century Club and the proceed.'
from the admission prices of If
md 25 cents will be used for th<
jenefit of the library.
The highway Safety Divisior
suspends drivers' licenses foi
shree reported traffic violation*
)f a minor nature.
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POOL OPENING TODAY;
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. opened today, for the season, J
1 with Mr. Frank Crawford in G
, charge and R. L. Glenn as life F
guard. *'; i
Mr. Crawford states that the F
pool has been thoroughly reno- <3
vated and repainted. Admission
to the pool is free today, the I
swimmers, however, being re- fc
quired to furnish their own suits, r
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National Banks' Assets f
Highest Ever Rported *
Comptroller of the Currency *
Preston Delano announces that
the total assets of the 5,185 ac- ^
tive national banks in the con- ^
tinental United States, Alaska,
Hawaii, and the Virgin Islands c
pf the United States on March s
26, 1940, the date of the last call e
for condition reports, amounted 1
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This total, which is the highest
amount ever reported in the
history of the national banking
system, represents an increase
i of $417,400,000 over the amount 1
j reported by the 5,193 active *
i banks on December 30, 1939, the j
date of the previous call, and an
increase of $3,892,261,000 over the j
; amount reported by the 5,218 ]
active banks on March 29, 1939, .
the date of the corresponding j
f call a year ago.
r The deposits on March 26, J
- 1940, aggregated $31,996,268,000 .
and were higher than on any
* previous call date, exceeding by
; $383,276,000 and 13,827,017,000 1
' the deposits reported at of
[ December 30, 1939, and March
5 29, 1939, respectively. Deposits
on the recent call date consisted
of demand and time deposits of 1
individuals, partnerships, and
corporations of $15,136,162,000
and $7,792,006,000. respectively. 1
t United States Government deposits
of $547,517,000, deposits of
> States and political suWBvisions'
of $2,134*403,000 postal Savings of 4
I $24,736,050, certified and cash- {
j iers' checks cash letters of credit {
and travelers' checks ? and out- (
r standing of $326,352,000, and de- j
i posits of domestic and foreign '
5 banks of $6,031,089,000.
! State Joins Nation
For Dairy Promotion
1 North Carolina will join hands
with other states in June to obJ
serve National Dairy Month,
, says John A. Arey, extension
dairyman of N. C. State College.
Twenty local committees have
been named to promote the consumption
of milk in their re- e
' spective sections. These commit- r
tees will work with hotels, cafes, j
drugstores, and leading food c
distributing agencies to bring c
| milk and other dairy products fc
to the public's attention. c
"North Carolina could well af- c
ford to take an active part in &
National Dairy Month," Arey e
said, "since it ranks far down \
the list in the per capita con- ?
sumption of milk. At the present t
time the average Tar Heel drinks j
only four-tenths erf a pint of j
milk daily. Along with this is a j
correspondingly low consumption
of butter and cheese/' r
Governor Clyde R. Hoey and a
number of North Carolina mayors
have already placed their
full endorsement on the purposes
and aims of National ^
[ Dairy Month. I
Radio Entertainers To Be e
Here Next Wednesday *
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A company of radio entertain- C
ers, on tour from WHAS, Louis- 1
ville, Ky., will appear in a pro- h
gram here, next Wednesday E
night, at eight o'clock. Hie com- P
pany consists of Charlie Mon- c
roe and his. "Kentucky Partners" e
and they are being sponsored by g
, the Sylva Fire Department.
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tie Primary
, A
second primary for'Govirnor
and Lieutenant-Governor,
o be held on June 22, is loomtig
on the North Carolina poitical
horizon. Lieutenant-Governor,
Wilkins P. Horton, trailing
. M. Broughton by around 40,i00
votes, has stated that he will
tositively call the second pri
nary on Mr. urougnton, ana is
iromising a battle royal, with no ^
[uarter asked and none given.
Erskine Smith, trailing R. L.
larris for Lieutenant-Governor
ly around 20,000 votes, has made
lo statement; but it is generaiy
believed that, with the same
orces backing Smith in the first .
irimary as those that backed
lorton, the second primary will
>e called on Mr. Harris, if Horton
alls it on Broughton. A. J. Maxveil,
third man * in the gubertatorial
race, and only 4,000
otes behind Horton, has recommended
> that there be no
econd primary. But, it is genirally
believed that the second
irimary will be held, despite the
tatement of the veteran A. J,
.laxwell, who spoke from his
ick bed at Raleigh.
Too Much At Stake .
There is too much at stake; or
ather the people who backed
;ach of the candidates have too
nuch at stake to permit Mr.
Horton and Mr. Smith to fail to
;all the second primary, even if
they should be inclined to do so.
[t is a fight between contending
Forces for the control of North
Carolina, and too many people's
political lives are at stake, for
the second primary not to be
bcld.
Dan Tompkins, mountain candidate
for Lieutenant-Governor,
stated today, that He is proud of
the forty-odd thousand'Vgtes he
received. etntered tjie race
with no money, no organization,
and no political backing. I had
no time to devote to the compaign,
no money with which to
perfect an organization; and in
the face of that, Jiying as I do
way bank in the mountains of
the southwestern part of the
jtate, I polled nearly half a hun*ired
thousand votes, I am proud
if the record I made in the
campaign, and am eternally
grateful to my friends, who
stuck to me so loyally. I made
i clean sweep of this section of
the State. I carried > my own
jounty by a majority of more
than 2,000 over all the other
three candidates, out of a vote
if 2632. In other words I revived
2356 votes in my own
;ounty, while my three opponents
combined received only 286. J
Dver across the mountains in
laywood, my friends gave me a
najority of more than 6,000
rotes over all three of the other
tspirants for the office. All this
nakes me feel mighty good, and
>roud of my friends in this part
?f North Carolina. If the other
ounties in the mountains had
een as loyal to their mountain
ountry as were those in this viinity,
Jackson, Haywood, Tran
ylvania, Macon, Clay, Cherokee
ind Madison the mountains
rould be represented in the next
Jtate Administration. However,
he leader in this primary is a
>ersonal friend of mine, and an
Lble man, who will serve the
>eople weHH
Co Attend Youth
Conference In Raleigh
Miss Carmen Nicholson,
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Ficholson, of Cowarts, will repesent
Jackson County at "Oldr
Youth Conference," in Rajigh,
June 3-T. Miss Carmen reeived
National honors at 4-H
aub Congress in Chicago in
996; She was the Southern
andicraft champion. While in ..
laleigh, she will take part on
rogram, her subject being "Inreasing
the Farm Family Inome
Through Crafts." She will
o to Raleigh with Miss Anna
lowe, Western District Agent
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