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ard Bryson of 'SpeedweH, j
cctecl Commander of WU-j
S. Dillard Post. American |
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I \olunteered in July 1917, as a
I member of the Radio .Conjaatiy*
I North Carolina National Guard,"
and served with the RainbowDivision
in France for nearly
two years. '1 ,
joe Davis, of Beta, whose service
was in the Navy, was elected
vice-commander; T. Walter
Ashe, adjutant; R. U Sutton,
Finance Officer; Richmond
peitz. Service Officer; John-'
Wood, Seugeant-at-Arms; ?ev.
B. S. Hensley, Chaplain; James
T. Bennett, Americanism Officer;
Karl Wallace, Historian;
Thad Cowan, Membership
Chairman; and Coleman Green,
Graves Registration Officer.
was ma dp through
I the Adjutant for a number of
1/gion Caps,, and plans were
sorted for Armistice Day' Celebration
in Sylva.
ODELL DILLARD ILL
Friends of Odell Dillard will
regret to learn that the principal
of Candler school, native
of this county, and for several
years superintendent of education
in this county, is ill in an
Asheville hospital. A substitute
is taking Mr. Dillard's place in
the school.
flllSClOOL
HEM PLANT
TO BE REPAIRED
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A committee from the P. T. A.
appointed last spring, to confer
upon the difficulties that have
attended proper heating of the
two school buildings at Sylva,
reported to the P. T. A., Tuesday
afternoon that Mr. C. E. Smith,
chairman of the Board of Education,
has informed the committee
that the heating plant
at both schools will be put in
good order before the cold I
weather comes.
President Will Spread
Defense Contracts
I The President established in
the OPM a Division o? Contract
Distribution with Floyd Ocllum
I of New York as Director to "face
I the responsibility of alleviating
the hardships which nave resultI
ed from the defense program
I '!nd. . . to marshal our producI
live capacities to the objective
I 'that no plant or tool which can
I i* used for defense shall be alI
lowed to remain idle." The
I order was issued, the President
I &nd, "in furtherance of a deI
termined rribve. . . to help the
I ' mailer business units of the I
I country obtain a fair share of
I 'he defense orders and to preI
vtnt, as far as possible, dislocaI
hon of industry and unemployI
rnont of workers in plants where
I Pioduction has been curtailed
by priorities and material shorI
tages." . I
I The Division will set up I
I branch offices throughout the J
I n.ition where there will be avail- I
Me. procurement representa- I
I tives of Federal contracting)
I &f.enciex trv ^ '
' vu negotiate contracts i
I r?id subcontracts, techincal enI
gineering advice on conversion
I "I plants to defense work, repI
resentatives of the OPM Labor
I division to plan reemployment
I 111 training of workers in plants
I evolved, and financial faciliI
tl"s of the RFC and other FedI
etal agencies which may be
I Pessary to finance plant con- I
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spread defense work j
I among as great a number of
I lrn\s and in as many localities
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County Home Agent
Announces Schedule
Miss Margaret Martin, Home
Demonstration Agent, has announced
the schedule for her 1
work for the week begixjning
next Monday, as follows: '
Monday, September 22, Office.
Tuesday, September 23, Pressley
Creek Home Demonstration 1
Club at the home of Mrs. Jake '
Pressley, 2 P. M. * '
Wednesday, September 2 4, 1
Wayhutta Home Demonstration
Club at the home of Mrs. Billv ^
Potts, 2 P. M. T i
Thursday, September 25, East j
LaPorte Demonstration Club at 1
the school, 2 p. M. ' ~ 1
Friday, September 20, Cope 3
Creek Home- Demonstration 1
Club at the home of Mrs. Charles
Smith, 2 P. M.
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TEACHING AT CULLOWHEE
Mrs. Edgar f)uckett is teaching
in the "draining School, just
opened, in place of Miss Trixie
Jenkins, who has been granted
a year's leave of absence, due
to ill health.
BINGO PARTY TO BE "(
HELD FRIDAY NIGHT !
A Bingo Party is planned to
be held Friday night, at the
Community House to raise funds
for Jackson county's part of the ,
money with which to pay for the
"Old North State", ambulance
plane, which is being presented
Jby JhfiLjjftonlfi ftf jjnrt.tr fiarnllna .
to the people of Great Britain.
The party will be under the
auspices of the Twentieth Century
Club, of which Mrs. Dan K.
Moore is president. The club has
agreed to raise the quota for
this county, except for $30 which
chairman Dan Tompkins has ,
been notified has been sent in 1
to Raleigh from Cullowhee. A
f imp is r?rnmis#?d and it is
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expected that a large crowd will |
be present. Tickets are now on '
sale at 25c each.
LEGION ORDERS
SCHOOL FLAGS
FOR ALL COUNTY
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An order for nineteen flags, to |
be distributed to the schools of 1
the county, was made by the j
American Legion, at its meeting, J
held Friday night.
All schools that are able to
do so have bought, or will buy
their own flags. Others will
pay part of the cost of the flags,
and the others will be distributed
by the Legion.
In connection with its Americanism
work, flag raisings will 1
be held at various schools, during(the
year, as a joint ceremony
of the Legion and the schools.
APPOINTED CORPORAL
Johhny Wilson, who is in the
army at Camp Croft, South
Carolina, has recently been ap-i
pointed to the rank of corporal.
He is a senior at Western Carolina,
and hopes to return to the
school this year to get his de- (
gree.
revise Federal procurement
practice in favor of the smaller 1
production units?as yet largely
unused"?and promote or
ganization of pools of small 1
manufacturers to unuawac
fense work jointly. The Division
will also establish exhibits
showing parts of defense articles
needed, their number, the
tools necessary to make them
and all other information so
that machine shop owners and
manufacturers can determine
"then and there" what they can
do and arrange to do it. j
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MEET TO BE HELD
NEXT THURSDAY
There will be a joint meeting
of the Woman's Societies of
Christian Service for the Waynesville
and Asheville Districts
of the Methodist church, at
Waynesville on Thursday of next
week, September 25, begrhning
at 9:30 in the morning. Daylight
Saving Time; and a large number
of women from the churches
of this county are planning to
attend, according to Methodist
leaders here.
The Conference secretaries of
Missionary Education, Christian
Social Relations, Wesleyan Service
Guild, Spiritual Life Groups,
and Young Women and Girls'
Work, will be present at the conferences
and present the phases
of their work.
Instead of the Fall Zone meeting,
the women of the Waynesirille
District will hold a separate
meeting in the afternoon,
from two to three o'clock.
MISS CORDELIA CAMP
RETURNS TO COLLEGE
TRAINING SCHOOL
Miss Cordelia Camp, for the
last four years associate professor
of education at Western
Carolina Teachers College, has
been asked by President H. T.
Hunter to resume work as director
of the demonstration school,
a position which she held from
1928 to 1936. Dr. H. P. Smith, director
of the training: school for
the last three years, has been
transferred to the department
of history at the college.
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The objectives of the ParentTeachers
Association were read
to the Sylva P. T. A., at its first
meeting of the year, held Tues- I
day afternoon, with Mrs. Harry
Hastings, vicfc-president, presiding,
in the absence of- the
president, Mrs. Edgar Duckett.
The objectives are: To promote
the welfare of children and
youth in the home, school,
church, and community. To
raise the standards of home life.
To secure adequate laws for the
lare and protection of children
and youth. To bring into closer
relation the home and the
school that parents and teachers
may cooperate intelligently in
training the child. To develop
between educators and the general
public such united efforts
as will secure for every child the
highest advantages in physical,
mental, social, and spiritual education.
The devotional was conducted
by Rev. A. P. Ratledge, who read
from the Gospel of John, the!
passage about Jesus being "The
Light of the World."
Mrs. George Lee, Mrs. R. U.
Sutton, and Miss Evelyn Parker
reported to the Association on
the P. T. A. Institute, which they
attended at Chapel Hill last
summer. 1
The financial report disclosed
that there is now on hand in
the treasury of the Association
$286.79.
Mrs. W. K. Chapman, the program
chairman, presented Mr.
Louis Hair and Mr. Frank Crawford,
who discussed their ideas
of what PTA should accomplish
during the year. Mr. Hair stressed
the necessity for closer cooperation
between the school
and the homes during the year.
Mr. Crawford, who is chairman
of the membership committee,
pointed out the necessity for
larger membership, if the proper
cooperation between school and
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there are 175 paid members
of the association, and the goal
for the year is a membership of
250.
When the count of parents
present, by grades, was made,
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SHOOTING: jokers have come
to the Americaii Navy. Inexorably,
history is repeating itself,
drawing us closer to real war.
President RooseVelt, in his historic
and momentous address,
outlined the situation to American
people. Ariferica is in real
danger. American and neutral
shipping are being attacked on
the high seas, derman plots in
Latin America jire becoming a
real menace, directed at the security
of the democracies in this
hemisphere, including our own.
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War No. 1! Thji, with infinite
patience, the President of the
United States sought to preserve
the peace,^and ft the same time
maintain the Jhtegrity of the
United States, and of the principles
for whicn it had always
stood. First 01^ step and then
another was necessary to meet
the rising menace of German
aggression on ttfe high seas and
of German machinations in the
Americas. Finally, the time came
when there was no other course
except a declaration of war. %
THIS TIME, war comes, it
will be because Germany deolares
it, or initiates it. The
United States,' although the
foolishly conceived and foolishly
enacted Neutrality Act appeared
to be an abdication from the
principle of the Freedom of the
Seas, does not propose to allow
herself tq, be throttled by sea
war, or th^ integrity of the
Americas undermined by subversive
acts on the part of German
agents, acting under orders
of diplomats, sitting in immunity.
.Those two things
brought trs iqto World War No.
1, and fire djawlng us closes to
World m & Atig president,
worthy of the office would have
acted much the same as Wilson
did and as Roosevelt has done
and is doing. There is no other
course compatible with the safeI
ty of the country he has sworn
to defend. So, the orders have
^ome to the. Navy to shoot on
sight any Axis craft menacing
| our defense waters. Our part of
i the shooting will begin when
any part of the navy comes in
contact with such craft. Germany
started her part of the
I shooting, weeks ago.
ARGENTINA, through her
Congress, and with but one negative
vote, has demanded the
recall of the German ambassador
to that country because investigation
has disclosed that he
is engaged in activities designed
to overthrow the Argentine government
through Fifth Column
activities. Argentine, always
slow to join with the other
American, republics in action
has been rudely awakened to the
serious threat that the German
agents and German organizations
have become to her and
the other republics on this
hemisphere.
JAPAN is wavering. The Emperor
has taken charge of things
over there, and the situation is
clearing ifi the Pacific. At least
it appears so. But, Japan is a
greedy nation. The Japanese are
crafty, as well as foolish. They
have high hopes of an Asia dominated
by Japan. And it may well
be that Japan is only sparring
for time, to see the outcome of
the Russo-German conflict, before
she finally casts her lot.
If Germany succeeds in Russia,
Japan will probably have a
stiffening of the backbone, so
badly bent by looking down
American and- British big guns.
If German success in Russia,
grows to great proportions, we
may expect to see Japan again
take the initiative in attacking
her neighbors, and in menacing
America and Britain.
RUSSIAN battles have held
back the German hordes for
weeks. Tne carnage una uccu
terrible. At one time it looked
as if the German machine had
been definitely stalled by Russian
efforts; but how the Germans
have crossed the Dnieper,
have established fridge-heads
on the east bank, and the war
machine of Hitler is rolling
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CBLLEGE UUS
FRESHMAN WEEK
SECTEMBER 913
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Cullowhee, (Special)?Freshman
week lor new students at
Western Carolina Teachers College
began on Tuesday morning,
September 9 and came to a close
on Saturday morning, September
13, when regular class work
began for new students and
upper classmen. Freshman
Week inaugurates annually the
Freshman orientation and Adjustment
course which- continues
throughout the school
year unaer tne , direction ol
John S. Seymour, professor of
sociology and freshman class
adviser. The week's program included
such activities as welcomes
to the institution, psychological
and English tests,
health examinations, a freshman
party, an introduction to
student government, conferences
with advisors, registration,
explanation by upper classmen
of extra curricular activities
and school traditions, and
dscussions of etiquette and
social usage on the campus.
On Tuesday afternoon freshmen
and transfer, students from
other colleges met in the Hoey
auditorium with Dean W. E.
Bird presiding and George Tracy
conductng the music. After a
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Discusses
Its Objectives,
Registrants under the Selective
Training and Service Act
JRugi, notift thete J^.boards
| of any change of address or be.come
liable to severe penalties
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| Van B. Metts, State Director of
j Selective Service, warned them
: today.
j Director Metts said he had
j been advised by National SelecI
tive Service Headquarters that
'many cases of delinquencies in1
vestigated by the Department
I of Justice * have been due to
carelessness of registrant concerning
their duty to report
changes of address, or ignorance
of the law requiring them to do
so.
The Selective Service Act
provides that any registrant who
violates the law shall be liable
to fine and imprisonment, the
Director pointed out. This punishment,
he also called to attention,,
is specified as "by imprisonment
for not more than
five years or a fine of not more
than $10,000, or by both fine and
imprisonment."
It is the policy of the Selective
Service System, Director. Metts
said, and of the Department of
Justice .which is charged enforcement
of the Act, to take
action in those cases where
there is willful intent to violate
the law. Nevertheless, he stressed,
investigation of borderline
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cases is taxing up uiucn vaiuauic
time of local boards and Department
of Justice which should be
devoted to urgent work for National
Defense.
To relieve this situation, and
also to protect registrants who
do not willfully try to violate the
law, Director Metts has asked
local boards to use all means of
investigation at their disposal
before reporting apparent cases
of delinquency to the Department
of Justice.
In this connection, the Director
also stated that there is no
objection to a local board using
| voluntary assistance of local or
State police officials to find a
i registrant who has failed to respond
to notification. He said:
"If, after a reasonable effort |
on the part of the local board, j
and, when volunteered, by the !
local or State police the where- j
abouts of the delinquent regis- j
trant cannot be ascertained and |
nothing has been heard from
him in response to notification,
the local board then should report
the delinquent to the
United State District Attorney."
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Air Warnin
Observation
ByVoluntee]
BUMGARNER CLAN TO
HOLD ANNUAL MEET
The Bumgarner family of
Jackson county will hold its annual
reunion at Love's Chapel
on September 27. This is the
twenly-first reunion the family
has held at this church, and all
persons related to the family,
and their friends are invited.
The following program has
been worked out by the committee:
10:00
A. M.,- Devotional, Rev.
W. N. Cook.
Greetings of Welcome by
President, J. H. Painter.
Group singing by children,
i Report of Secretary, Mrs. H.
C. Bryson.
Reading, Libby Dale Bum;arner.
Duet, Mary Nell and Marcella
Reed.
Report of Historian. Mrs. W.
G. Cunningham.
Duet, Wood Sisters
Election of Officers.
Recognition of relatives and
/isitors.
Quartet, The Golden Key.
Address, Rev. Walter L. Lanier.
Song, "God Be With You Till
We Meet Again."
Benediction, Rev. W C. Reed.
Lunch.
State Board Of Health
Endorses Reynold's Effort
To Suppress Prostitution
Raleigh?The State Board of
Health, meeting in Raleigh,
unanimously passed a resolution
endorsing Dr. Carl V. Reynolds'
effort to suppress3 Sie spread Sf
venereal diseases through the
suppression of prostitution.
The resolution, which declared
Dr. Reynolds' efforts to represent
the fixed policy of the
Board on this subject, was recorded
in the minutes as follows:
"Resolved, at the meeting of
the State Board of Health in
Raleigh, September 12, 1941,
that the Board endorse the
policy of its Secretary, Dr. Cari
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post will hear
tompkins talk
Dan Tompkans will be the
guest speaker at the meeting of
Steve Youngdeer. Post, American
Legion, at Cherokee, Saturday
night. .*
This is the only all Indian
post of the American Legion in
the United States, and was
named for Steve Youngdeer,
Jackson county Cherokee, who
was killed at the Battle of the
Hindenburg Line, when the 30th
Division broke through the
German defenses and drove past
Bellicourt, on September 29,
1918.
FOOD LOCKERS SEEN
AS AID TO DEFENSE
Farmers living in areas served
by frozen food locker plants can
make increased use of these
plants to their own advantage
and to the advantage of the defense
program, says David S.
Weaver, head of the Department
of Agricultural Engineering at N.
C. State College:
The use of frozen lockers, he
pointed out, reduces the amount j
?acoo t>rr qnH CQ VPS
U1 UttllUUIg ncvcooai jr uiiu uuiv.
tin, zinc, and other metals vital
to the defense program. Only
waxed paper and cartons are
used for frozen foods.
Resources are saved when
foods are placed in the lockers
through eliminating spoilage as
well "as .waste of feed which result
when meat animals and
poultry are carried over until
needed or until "butchering
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County Defense Chairman
Dan Tompkins has announced
to the War Department and to
the Defense Headquarters in
Raleigh that the organization of
Aircraft Warning Service in
Jackson county is complete, with
observation posts temporarily
established at Cashier's, Glenville,
the Power House below
Lake Glenville, East LaPorte,
Webster, Balsam Gap, Beta, Wilmot,
Blue Wing, Lickstone, Barnett
Knob and Gay.
Joe Davis, vice-commander of
the American Legion Post, was
appointed by the Defense Chairman
as Chairman of the aircraft
warning service,and observers
were selected from volunteers
at the various points designated
by the War Department. It is
anticipated that perhaps one
or two of the observation points
will be moved to fire stations on
top of the mountains when the
forest fire season in October
makes it necessary for the wardens
to be on duty at towers
where there are telephones.
Mr. Davis reports that the
service is complete in this county
as mapped out by the war
department. A trial will be made
it is believed, to test the efficiency
of tile civilian service,
when the air maneuvers of the
armv hpcrin wit.bin o fpw rfavs.
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Although the present service
was set up temporarily in anticipation
of the air maneuvers,
it will become a permanent volunteer
service, ready to be put
on duty day and night, in the
event it should become necessary,
to the defense of the nation.
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MONUMENT WILL
BE REPAIRED
A committee of B H. Cathey
chapter, United Daughters of
the Confederacy has conferred
with the county commissioners,
and the county will have repairs
made to the base of the Confederate
monument, immediately.
Mr. T. Walter Ashe, chairman,
told the committee that the
commissioners had as yet been
unable to secure the services of
a competent, workman to make
the repairs.
The chapter, meeting at the
V?r?m*? nf Mrs W O. SoderQllist.
last Friday afternoon, appointed
the committee to confer with
county authorities. A nominating
committee, with Mrs. Ernest
Wilson as chairman, was appointed,
and other matters of
business were transacted. During
the social hour, Mrs. Soderquist
served a delightful salad
course.
Vocal and piano selections, by
Mrs. Mary C. Binson, of Hendersonville,
who was a guest at the
meeting, were a feature of the
social hour.
The*Durham County Guernsey
Calf Club will show a dozen
purebred calves at the 1941 State
Fair. , ?
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Because most of the meat,
fruits, and vegetables processed
in locker plants are grown locally,
transportation facilities, central
storage, refrigerator fars,
and handling facilities, and
manpower can be released for
emergency uses.
Farmers using lockers are like
ly WJ laioc uiuic w u?>u vnu
foodstuffs, Weaver believes, because
foods processed in locker
plants make possible greater
variety in the diet and are more
palatable and nutritious than
foods preserved in the home by
other methods. The improved
diet which results should mean
better health and, consequently,
greater efficiency and increased
productivity of farm people.
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