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I- \ Jr Q Reaver Seel .for Caney rliww I vxvuu Congressman Zebulon Weaver t I is attempting to work out a plan I f0x the rehabilitation #f the land I in Caney Fork township, and I I other regions along the Tucka- I seigee river and its tributaries, that were severely damaged by 1 the floods of last August. I Immediately following the flood, the Journal took the mat ter up with the Congressman, I and he assured this paper at t that time that he would do' t everything possible to secure a I the relief that was needed and t to bring .federal agencies to t I work on the rehabilitation of 1 the land. Last week, while in t I Washington, the editor of this e paper and the Congressman s I went into the matter thoroughly, I and the Congressman wrote to v the head <of the Tennessee Val- c ley Authority, seeking aid from C that source for rehabilitation t and flood control. c Since returning from Wash- F ington, we are in receipt of the following letters from the Cong- ft ressman, which explains the c situation as it now is. a Letter from Weaver p Dear Dan: I enjoyed seeing c you here yesterday, and enjoyed t talking with you. As you sug- t gested. I am enclosing a copy v of my letter to Mr. Lilienthal, r and trust verv much that some- \ thing can be worked out in the v Caney Fork section. I am very c much interested and will con- t tinue to be interested in try- r ing to work out something for i them. _ 1 t Sincerely yours, Zebulon Weaver. f Letter to Lilienthal . r 1 Mr. David E. Lilienthal, i Tennessee Valley Authority, . I Knoxville, Tenn. t t Dear Mr. Lilienthal: ^ Since the terrible distress c wrought by the floods in West- ? ern North Carolina last summer, r I have had so many urgent recuests for relief that I thought J I would write to you in regard to the whole subject. 'Of course, in the first place , they are extremely desirous of ~ devising some method of con- ^ trolling these disastrous floods, 0 This is, I know, a very broad ? and difficult subject. The next is as to any relief which might t be brought to remedy the situ- ^ ation caused by these floods, especially in the Swannanoa and j Ivy sections of Buncombe ^ County and on the Tuckasiegee River in Jackson County. On the Caney Fork tributary of the ^ Tuckasiegee the damage is es$ y pecially distressing, y I have tried to secure aid from various sources. Among others I ^ haVP linHprtolrPn *tr? cpf>iirp h>Plr> from the WPA, but as much of the work would not be on publie property, it is difficult to reach from that angle. 1 have thought, and in fact it has been suggested to me, that ^ if the Tennessee Valley Author- ^ ity could make some survey for ihe purpose of investing this damage with the public interest ] ^ might be able to get some- ^ thing done. . However, I do not doubt that J the matter has been called to y?ur attention and I would appreciate exceedingly your views 1 ?n the matter, as to what might he done for these distressed peo- 1 pie. j with every kind personal re- tard. I am 1 Sincerely yours, { Zebulon Weaver. J i 1 Enoch Watkins Dies Enoch Watkins, 73, died at his * home near Tuckaseigee on Feb- :urary 26. Moving here from j Transylvania county forty years a8o. Mr. Watkins was a good citizen of Jackson, and was well < known at Tuckaseigee and Big ^idge. He was unmarried. 1 . Mr* Watkins is survived by one sister, Mrs. Janie Mills, of Balsam. Funeral and interment Were at the Tuckaseigee Baptist ! church. v . 3 * . i|p J| ^ \' dng Aid Fork .. ' .' T . itions i Counties West Of Ridge Make Up 12th District * . The General Assembly has esablished a Congressional Disirict in North Carolina, with til the counties lying west of he Blue Ridge, for the first ime in the history of the State. "his district, now represented >y Congressman Zebulon Weavr, becomes the 12th Congresional District, composed, of Juncombe, Henderson, Transylania, Haywood, Jackson, Maon, Swain, Clay, Cherokee and Jraham counties. The old disrict, which was the 11th, inluded those counties, plus Polk, iutherford and McDowell. The census of 1940 showed forth Carolina to have suffiient population to be given an .dditional Congressman. Several >lans were advanced for the relistricting, and it was at one ime suggested that the districts >e allowed to remain as they yere and to elect a Congressnan-at-large to represent the vhole State. This, however, vould have defeated the right >f the western part of the State o have an additional Congressnan, which the population figires disclosed by the census enitled it. Many democratic leaueis wwc earful of the result of estabishing the. new^district^pojintng out that in the event of a lepublican landslide, the disrict would probably be lost to he democratic party. It hasn't leen so many years since every ounty in the new district, inluding Buncombe with its trenendous vote, and with only he exception of Haywood, has ound itself in the Republican olumn. Rutherford, with its big demoratic vote, has more than once >een the deciding factor in the tistrict. But Rutherford has ;rown in population and presige until it has become a serous threat to the dominance of| he Buncombe machine in the' listrict, should it at any time efuse to follow that leadership, t has been pointed out that Congressman Weaver' never the eal choice of the Buncombe mahine, could continue to obtain for the nost he I1C llUlllillU W*V/iA ? 4 ias held so long, regardless of low the district was arranged, md so long as his strength and lealth continue. But, it is also ;enerally believed that the maihine has been grooming a :andidate to take his place at iny time when he shows signs >f weakening. In the new district, Buncombe vill have nearly fifty percent of he votes in the primary. [nternational Relations Club Discusses World Events Friday Night Cullowhee, March 10?Th e [nternational Relations Club of "rr- - *- i?-?Q Toor>bprs Col WCStClIl V/aiV/lUAM * lege met Friday night in the Student Union Building, with Bill Ferguson presiding in the absence of the regular president, Charles McCaU. The subject was British?Japanese situation in the Far East. Three talks were given: What the War Has Done to Japan, by Evelyn Hill of Swiss, North Carolina, Free China and Occupied China by Catherine Walker of Mills River, North Carolina, Japan's Place in a War Crisis by Betty Jean Best of Clyde, North. Carolina. A panel discussion on the specific talks and the general theme followed. Face of the tower clock at Stout institute, Menomonie, Wis. Is 11% feet high. i '. I I ' icHsfx , ' : ' SYLVA, NORT Board of Education Named For County The General Assembly has elected Charlie Smith, of Sylva, John Hooper, of Sylva, John Deitz, of Savannah, Hut Middleton, of River, and D. H. Stevens of Caney Fork, to be the Board of Education of Jackson County for the next four years. They were elected by the Assembly in the Omnibus Board of Education Bill, upon nomination by Representative Dan K. Moore. All the members were nominated in the Democratic primary last June, with the exception of Mr. Stevens. They had no opposition in the primary. Mr. Stevens was named by Representative Moore to take the place of the late T. B. Cowan, who was the leg Ulctl iluiiiJUice ui Uic pet J. 1/jr aiiu who has died since the primary. The entire present board will serve for the next two years, and Mr. Stevens will become the fifth member when he takes the oath of office early in April. \ PAunin iiflrln uuuiiij niuc nnc Tournament Will Be Held Here A county-wide kite tournament will be held at the Sylva ijolf course on Saturday, March 19, at two o'clock, sponsored by ^he Jackson County Recreation Jnit. Girls and boys 16 years of age and under are eligible. If weather conditions prevent holding ournament on date set, it will >e held the first suitable day. U1 kites must be hand made. All contestants must be registered jy the 25th of March. Prizes will be given to the boy and girl flying the highest kite and for the most artistic kite. For rules regarding the contest contact Mrs. Ollie Banks, crafts leader at the Recreation Center in Sylva. | POST OFFICE BOX RENTS RAISED Notice has been given by [ Postmaster Charles N. Price i ' hat the quarterly rental on post office boxes in Sylva has been increased by the post ofCise department, effective April 1. Boxes that now rent for 45 cents will be 60 cents; those [ renting at 60 cents will be in[ creased to 75 cents; and the I boxes that now rent for 75 cents will be increased to $1.00. Mr. Price stated that the cost of post office box rentals nas been made because of the increase in postal receipts at the Jylva post office. | Cullowhee Methodist Women Hold Meeting The C.illowhee Woman's Socieyt for Christian -Service met Wednesday afternoon in the parlors of Robertaon Hall at Western Carolina Tfcachers College with Mrs. Frank H. Brown presiding. The program for the meeting included: Worship by1 Mrs. W. T. Runt and Mrs. S. E, 2ngman, a talk by Mrs. George Tracy. "Jid special violin music by obiv Tllliott anc! Helen Bird: accomp mied at. -he piano byAnne Bird. Hostesses for the occasion Tvero Mrs. N. H. Gurtey? .Miss Amir Hammond, and Mrs. George Tracy. Sechriest To Head Audio-Visual Workshop j Dr. Earl E. Sechriest, principal of Ensley High School, Birmingham, Alabama, nationally recognized audio-visual educator, has been employed by Western Carolina Teachers College to direct a workshop in audio-visual etfircation for the Guidamce Clfnfe at the college from June 14 to . 27. Mr. Sechriest has conducted! audio-visual summer programs at Louisana State University, the University of Pittsburg, and 'other colleges and universities. t r "i ;.?j r. / '' ft*'.'"' S| 1 ' ." ' i ' . -i $ , J' " '} J > / * * i Com: H CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAR( Assembly Adds Two Counties To Senatorial District The General Assembly, in the Senatorial reapportionment bill, which originated in the Senate, and has now passed both houses, has added two counties to this senatorial district, and has given the district two senators. The district, which remains the Thirty-Second Senatorial District, is now composed of Polk, Henderson, Transylvania, and Jackson, with two senators. Previously the district was composed of Jackson, Haywood, and Transylvania, with one senator. The matter of rotation of the two senators, or of nominating XT ??rl 4 of AC O tlltJIIi liUIIl i/iic uijbiu/b ao m whole, was left with the Senatorial Convention of the district. Rotation becomes a serious problem for the reason that Haywood has sufficient population to justify that county hav ing a. senator at least once every four years, in case a rotation agreement is ratified by the convention. There will be no controversy about that, because the other counties will recognize that this is due Haywood. But, Henderson, the next most populous county in the district, is expected to insist that one of the senators be rotated between Haywood and Henderson. That would leave the additional senator to be rotated between Jackson, Transylvania and Polk; and Jackson is the third most populous county in the district, having as many people as Polk and Transylvania combined, and being only a few thousand short of the population of Henderson. Then, too, under the present rotation system, Jackson and Pr?iir nrp pntitifld to a senator each, in the next General As- I sembly. One of 5these counties j will have to lose out next time, unless one senator is rotated between Haywood and Jackson, and the other between Polk, Henderson and Transylvania; which is expected to meet with strong opposition from Henderson. The effect upon the complexion of the next Senate will be! to take one senator from the far eastern counties, and give that senator to this district in the far west. Fourteen Men Called For Army Service Unless volunteers come forward within the next few days, the machinery of the Selective Service Board will he set in motion to draft meai for army service for the first time during the present emergency. Heretofore every call from Jackson County has been filled by volunteers; but there is a call now for fourteen men to leave for camp on March 26, and the local board has but seven, voauxinrci^ on the waiting list. Presbyterians To Have Visitors Sunday i _______________ At the Presbyterian Worship -vw'cf-, Sunday, March 16, 4:30 [ P. M., at the Community House I the congregation will hear Mr. ? James B. McLeod, a senior of | Presbyterian College of South j Carolina, Clinton, S. C-, Mr. McI will be visiting > here in view of considering work here for the summer, serving1 as assistant to Rev. Paul P. Thrower, pas'o* of the Bryson City?Robbin sviile Presbyterian .CSarrches, who has charge of the Presby| terian work in Sylva and who i conducts regular services her > each first and third Sunday o' the month. Mr. McLood has hac' * several summers' experience in I' religious work. He expects to en! er ihe hoclofical seminary thif it". . Rev. R. D. Bedinger, *D. D., j Superintendent of Home M5 sJ sions in Asheville Presbytei y, will also be here from. Asheville I and will assist In a special installation service of the officers of the Woman's Auxiliary. | ] All Presbyterians of Jackson I county are especially urged to j be present. Other visitors will rece ive a most cordial .welcome ... I . . i ,> A--"' -It : / - " ; . ntti I ft 2H 13, 1941 j i i *' * "" i1 "?" " 1 Aldermen Call Town Election For May 6th The municipal election lor Sylva was called by the Board of Aldermen at a meeting held on Tuesday, to be held May 6, under the State laws governing municipal elections. Mayor H. Gibson filed for re election; as did W. T. Wise, W. J. Fisher, and Walter L. Jones. W. E. Grindstaff and S. A. Carden also filed for aldermen. Carden and Grindstaff are not members ,of the present board. Wise and Fisher are now serving their second terms, and Jones is serving his first. The other two members of the present board who have not filed for reelection are Harry L. Evans and W. H. Conley. Under the law, town clerk Charles M. Reed will serve as chairman of the board of elections, and the aldermen com jpose the board. They appointed | Ben N. Queen as registrar and Dan Tompkins and Walter Warren as judges to hold the election. All the men who filed for office on Tuesday are democrats. Webster P. T. A. Will Meet Next Thursday jln School Auditorium The Webster Parent-Teacher Association will hold its regular | meeting Thursday afternoon, March 27, at 3:00 o'clock in the ochool auditorium. Mrs. Ernest Lewis, President, will preside. Plans will be made at this meeting as to further work pn the beautification project for the school grounds. The nominating. committee will be appointed at this time. A special program is being planned, ihe associatiori this year has i the largest number of paid 'members since its beginning. ! Home Economics Two Years Course Is 'Established At.W. C. T. C. ' Cullowhee ? The curriculum committee of ^Vestern Carolina Teachers College recently voted unanimously to set up in the I college a tw0 years' home-economics course, the credit from which will be accepted by the Womans College of the University of North Carolina since the work to be introduced at Cullowhee will meet in every detal the requirements for the first tw0 years' of home economic* work at Woman's College. Bj making only a few adjustment* in the home economics course* already given at Western Carolina Teachers College, Dean ol Instruction, W. E. Bird and thf ci ricuium committee of the college were able t0 meet .the requirements which will standardize this special two years' course of work. , The home economics course for the first year will include classes in art, chemistry, Eng; Ish, French, foods and nutrition physical education, textiles anc cprond vear hom< CIDUUllg, mii# www . economics students will hav< c sses in biology, art, Englisl litarature, French, Europear history, housing, and physica ec" ication. ; Arrangements in regard t< I i **ansferring credits from th lome economics department o v"ostein Carolina Teachers Col tr c to Woman's College haw nesn made with Miss Margare Edwards, head of the Woman' ! College home economics depart [ ir ent and with Miss Mary Taylo . Moore, registrar of Woman' | College, both of whom haw given their full approval to th plan. , The home economics depart ment at Western Caroling ^eachers College is now house* ' On the second floor of the ne\ training school building, whicJ has special rooms for cookinf serving, and sewing, all of whici L have been recently equippe . j with most modern facilities. I ' ' / . V . . - V "* / mtm $1.00 A YEAR II Fire Ruins Memorial ( Dillsboro Si 1 ? County Meeting Of W. M. U. To Be Held At Beta The meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Tucka seigee Baptist Association 'Will be held at Scott's Creek church, Beta, on March 20. The general theme of the meeting will be: "Our Father's Business"; and the following tentative program has been arranged. Song: "Lead On Oh King Eternal". Prayer: Mrs. W. N. Cook Web ster. Devotional: "Our Father's Business"?Mrs. H. T. Hunter, Cullowhee. Song: "The Kingdom Is Coming". ; Talk: "Our Father's Business In This Association?Mrs. Chas. Allison, Sylva. Talk: "New Plans For Our Father's Business"?Mrs. .Jan Allen, Cullowhee; Conventional Echoes. Song: "The King's Business" ?R. A. Hymn. Talk: "Scaling the Heights in our Father's Business"?Mrs. Fred Forester, Cullowhee. (Conventional Echoes) . Special Music: "When I Sur1 vey the Wondrous Cross"?Hold| er Y. W. A. Trio, Cullowhee. Prayer: Rev. T. F. Deitz, Beta. Announcements. Committees Appointed. Lunch. Group Meetings: Associational 1 Chairmen discuss "Our Father's 1 Business" with their local chair General Assembly: Song: "My Jesus I Love Thee"?Cullowhee ! Trio. Prayer: Rev. Ernest Jamison, . last Sylvaj Minutes and Business?Mrs. L Jhas. Allison, Sylva. (. Report of Committees. I Our Father's Business in our } Deal Churches?Report of Presilents. L Talks: "Forward look in our i dissociation": .' Personal Service?Mrs. Kate , Bryson, Glenville. . ' Mission* Studjr?Mrs. Lucy I Crawford, Cullowhee. ^ Stewardship?Mrs. Dan Bry5 son, Eeta. r Young People?Miss Margaret 5 Wilson, Sylva. 3 Talk: "Youth Marches On In . Our Father's Business"; (Conf ventional Echoes)?Mrs. H. M. ? Hocutt, Sylva. Special Music: Scott's Creek . Y. W. A. Prayer i Song: "Onward Christian Soldiers." ' JOHNNY PARRIS GOES TO LONDON AS i PRESS WRITER * - John Parris, Jr., son of Mr i and Mrs. John A. Parris of Syl* i va, will leave on Saturday foi 1 London, as a corespondent foi the United Press. Mr. Parris ha.' o been with the United Press ir & New * York for the past tw( * I years. He is spending a day oi - i so at his home here before leav e i ing for London, t Johnny began his newspapei s career by writing for the Jack son County Journal, when h< r was a youngster in high schoo s in Sylva. Later he was loca e correspondent for the Ashevill* e Citizen from Sylva. From tha position he was with the Unitec - Press in Raleigh, then he went u a New York, and after servijng 3 there for a short time, helc v positions on the Winston-Salen ti Journal and the Memphis Cpm j, mercial Appeal. He returned U d New York with the United Press d and has just been given the as isignment to go to London. / t - > ! ' I i . - m ' . ammmtmmi i ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY Jarrett f !v '*? ]hurch At .. ;;|| inday Night i ]! 1 Damage estimated at $2,000 >. was sustained by the new Jarrett Memorial Baptist church early Sunday night,- and only the prompt and efficient work ?] of the Sylva Volunteer Fire De partment, coupled with the new equipment, saved the structure from total loss, and prevented a fire that might have wiped out most of the town of Dillsboro. Ceiling, framing and roof of the building were greatly damaged by the fire, and the interior of the church was flooded when three streams of water, one from the Dillsboro water supply and the other two from Sylva's new fire pump, coming from Scott's creek, were poured into the structure to check the flames. There had been a Sunday School Convention in the church in the afternoon, necessitating keeping the fire in the furnace going all day, and it is believed that the flue became overheated and ignited the woodwork. The church, one of the newest and most beautiful in the county, was completed three years ago, and was valued at $15,000. It was built of stone, brick and woodwork. There was no insurance carried on the building. When the Sylva fire department arrived in record time, and cast the pump into the creek, two streams of water with pres-, sure of 120 pounds each were immediately available, a rreignt train was held up for two hours by reason of the two lines of hose crossing the railway tracks. Officials of the church, including Mr. R. F. Barrett, who contributed a" great "deal of time and large amounts of money for the erection of< the building, state that plans are on foot to repair the damage as rapidly as possible. Services cannot be held in the building until a new roof is provided. Rotary Club Reviews Events of Nineteen Forty A moving picture of important events which took place in 1940 was the feature of the program at the Sylva Rotary club meeting Tuesday night. The picture was shown under the auspices . of the Coca Cola Bottling Com-* pany of Asheville. Besides the news picture a short subject depicting the history of bottled drinks also shown. The club heard a short talk I by Louis Hair on, "The Value of Vocational Training in Our Public Schools." Mr. Hair discussed the need of vocational training generally ana in jacKson county in. particular. He pointed out that Jackson county has only one trained vocational instructor in its entire school system. He stated that under the direction of the NYA students at the Sylva high school are now being trained to become skilled workmen which are Sorely needed in the National Defense program. Garland Lackey reported on . two meetings which have been . held recently in the interest of National Defense. The purpose * 4-Vn* mAafincrQ WQJ3 t.n discuss > I VSJL Wilt IIAVVVMA^W ?? wmm* ?? ? ? r the best way in which Jackson 5 county could help in the defense 1 program, Mr. Lackey said. Lead) ing organizations were reprer sented, he added, and it was - decided a healthy population and the conservation of soil r would be of great benefit to the - program. / ; President Raymond Sutton, 1 who presided, read a letter from 1 H. T. Hunter, who was unable to ? be present at the meeting, int viting the board of directors and 1 committee chairmen to his home ' --?* ~ ) on Marcn zo ior a. uicciui^, : March 26 being Dr. Hunter's i birthday. 1 Besides Bill Henry, Coca Cola -1 representative who showed the )' moving pictures, the club had i,1 one other guest, Mr. Otto, of -. New York, who was the guest of t ' I Arthur Weldlich. ' *r sj&M . , . . ; * .jij
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