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I s, 00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUT! I High School I Victory Corps | Is Outlined The High School Victory Corps, I to be organized in the western I counties in the immediate future. was explained by S. Mairon justice. Ralph J. Andrews, and I Charles Spencer, of the State Department of Education, at a meet ing of superintendents and principals from Jackson, Swain, and Macon counties, at the Sylva I school. Monday afternoon. ^ \T\r> tr\r\r frirnc is 1 I1C V AV WiJ |yu tv; U|/vi?wv*vw by the Army, Navy, U. S. Office of Education,, and the Manpower Commission, and its pro'ur.un is a balanced one, worked out by military and civil authorities to prepare high school boys and girls to fit themselves into their proper places in the war program of the State and nation The speakers pointed out that the high schools constitute the o:\W source from which manpower can be drawn, and that pioper training during high school days will save much time alter the students have completed their high school work. The girls must be prepared to occupy many positions that are j normally filled by men,and their i training is as important as that' o: the boys. The Victory Corps Manual,! they stated, says that there is a war to be won. Schools are not to be torn up, but changes will have to be effected *to make their efforts conform to war needs. One of the principal objectives of the corps is to assist students to identify their abili -> ?-> /-I nrionf thom?olups in urj anu ui iLiiu wikuubuvu their' studies and activities to c-jiiform to their special talents. The eight principal points of the program begin with guidance of the pupil into the present wotk he lie doing. The foundation for this guidance should be laid in the elementary school. Then, in their order come. Wartime Citizenship. physical fitness (to be attained by detection and correction!. military drill, base training in mathematics and physics. pre-flight training in aeronautics. pie-induction training for critical occupations, and com munity service. Physical fitness, it was emphasized. is considered of more importance than military drill, since the army can drill men who are in good physical conQH fn 1H r^or* panf nf t.hp UitiUil. %J \J IV 1 V/V1A V VA high school boys will be needed in the air corps, it was stated. The air corps wants men from 17 to 27 years of age; and members of the corps will be taught from a State-adopted book on ifronautics. There will be twenty-nine pre-induction courses in radio, mechanics, and training for various branches of the army and navy, and civillian war work. Community service of the Victory Corps will include scrap collection, bonds and stamps sales, Red Cross work, and other activities. Members of the corps will wear uniform caps of olive drab, and special insignia, and must take special courses, participate in 'he physically fit program, and take part in the community service work of the corps. In addition to the general work of the corps, students in the last two years of high school will enter one of five special divisions, which are, air service, land service, sea service, and community service, and will take ' ourses that have been outlined by the State department as bein K of especial benefit in training for specialized work. Supt. A. C. Moses of Jackson county schools presided at the meeting and presented the representatives of the State department. There was a display of books and pamphlets bearing on the Victory Corps. The San Diego, Calif., Junior Chamber of Commerce, in a ''' mpaign to take two out of every three cars off the streets by promoting car sharing, came "ut with the slogan, "A rider per tire." t Il)e Jl SIDE THE COUNTY Bobby Hall Is In College "Who's Who" a Robert Cromwell Hall, son of Mrs. David M. Hall and the late David M. Hall, of Sylva, who is a member of the Junior Class at , Western Carolina Teachers College, is among those students who will be listed in the 1942-43 issue of Who's Who Among Students in Amerioan Universities and Colleges, the publishers have , notified The Journal. The book will be released in January or r eoruary. This publication is published through the cooperation of 600 American universities and colleges. It is the only means of national recognition of graduates which is devoid of politics, fees, or dues. Several students from accredited colleges are selected each year, by an unprejudiced committee, for their biographies to appedr in Who's Who Among Students In American Universities And Colleges. These books are placed in the hands of hun- , dreds of companies and others who annually recruit outstanding students for employment. The purpose of Who's Who is i to serve as an incentive for students to get the most out of their college careers; as a means for compensation for what they have already done; as a recommendation to the business world and as a standard of measure: ment for students. Miss Lucile Reed, daughter of ! Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reed, of Sylva was listed in Who's Who last i year, and is automatcially listed l again this year, since she is . 11 . i a. _ a. *. i li i still a si/Uaent at me cuncgc. Mr. Hall is President of the Marshal's Club, President of the Junior Class, and a member of 1 the Western OroMpe Ptey?r3. 1 He was also president of his class during his lirst year in college. He takes an active part in extra-curricula activities on the campus at Western Carolina Mr. Hall graduated from Sylva j High school in the class of 1940, and during his high school career, was president of the junior class and vice-president of the senior class. He won the Business Education medal during his senior year for outstanding work in this field. I i Ernest MeCracken Gets Promotion To Washington Job The following, tanen I'rom the Waynesville Mountaineer, will be , of interest to a number of readers of The Journal. Mr. McCracken is a grandson of Mrs. W. A. Henson and the late Sheriff Henson, and a nephew of Mrs. A. J. Dills, of Sylva': "Ernest G. McCracken, who has been with the U. S. Employment Service since 1937, and has been with the Bureau of Employment Security, in Wash ington, D. C., for the past nine | months, has recently been named chief of the planning division. The apointment was made by the assistant director of the U. S. Employment Service, of Raleigh. I "Mr. McCracken, native of this j section and son of Mr. Albert J. McCracken, was senior interviewer in the Waynesville and Marion offices for about sixteen months. He also served a short I time as assistant manager of the ! Asheville office and as manager ~ * * " nirrVitoon I ot tile Lenoir uiuue iw cieavt^.. , months. "He was transferred to the j ! central office, Raleigh,two years j ago as junior personnel training I supervisor, then was training ! technician and later served as 1 1 field supervisor, until his trans- | fer to Washington. While he has been in Washington he has been assistant regional representative and also served as acting direci tor of the West Virginia employment service for two months. "Mr. McCracken is a graduate j of Western Carolina Teachers! College, and served as school! principal in Waynesville for two j years." 0 ! O SXLVA, NORTH . j . i * . -w A Week Of The War The OWI announced that the U. S. in the year of 1942 will have produced approximately 49,000 planes, 32,000 tanks and selfpropelled artillery, 17,600 antiaircraft guns larger than 20mm., 8,200,000 tons of merchant shipping, thousands of antiaircraft machine guns and thousands of scout cars and haif-and-fulltrack carriers. Munitions and war construction were "above the most optimistic estimate of our production possibilities a year ago, "and food production?a large proportion of Which was meat, milk, eggs and soy beans ?was 12 per cent above the previous year. Expenditures for the year for munitions and war construction will total $47,000,000,000. In the i first 10 onths of 1942, more t i,han $13,000,000,00U were collect ed in taxes and more than $33,- t 000,000,000 through the sale of bonds and other government ob_> ligations. Approximately 17,500,- j 000 people are now employed in war work?compared to 7,000,000 a year ago?but in 1943 an additional 5,000,000 will be needed for war work and for the armed forces. By March 15, 1942, the cost of living had risen 15 per cent over the end of 1939, but price regulation, instituted in 1 April, held down the increases in those prices subject to control to 6-10 of one per cent as of October 15. RjEPORT ON PEARL HARBOR The Navy deartment announced that all of the eight battleships in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, were hit, seven of them temorarily disabled and one, the Arizona, permanently and totally lost Those reported damaged hach returned to the fleetr. wfcile others critically dam aged are being repaired and will soon be ready for battle action. Of the 202 U. S. naval aircraft based at Pearl Harbor, 150 were permanently or temporarily disabled. Army planes destroyed 97. As a result of the Japanese attack 2,343 officers and enlisted men of the U. S. services were killed, 1,272 wounded, and 960 are still reported as missing. The Navy estimates that 105 enemy planes took part in the attack, and that the enemy lost 28 aircraft and 3 submarines of 45 tons each. THE WAR FRONT Navy Secretary Knox told a press conference that Japanese troops on Guadalcanal may be running short of supplies. The enemy's attempt to land supplies and reinforcements on the night of November 30 was a complete failure, he said. At that time a tt s. naval task force inter cepted and engaged Japanese troop transports and vessels and sank nine ships?two large destroyers or cruisers, four destroyers, two troop transports and one cargo ship?at a loss of only one U. S. cruiser. The enemy will ?Continued on Page Three Sylva School Sells $340.00 In War Stamps Mr. Frank M. Crawford, who is director of the sales of war bonds and stamps in the Sylva Elementary school, has reported r,hat the school, or rather the teachers and pupils in the school, L ye bought $340 in the unri sLnmus during \J UllVtkf U>a*w. ? ^ ^ past month. OILS Cottonseed and peeanut oil production for 1942-43 may be smaller than was anticipated earlier, but the soybean crush now seems likely to be larger according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Through new steel sllloy processes, Army Ordnance saved enough nickel to supply the needs of 46,000 heavy tanks and 17,000 75 mm. howitzers. \ ' T JTr ?: r Con [ CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DJECE s=aBac3ac?======= , ,, . = Club Honors Mr& Morris At Last Meeting yrf : The Twentieth Century Club, meeting Thursday afternoon with Mrs. David M. Hall as hostess, voted to establish a student loan TOnd iat Western Carolina Teachers College, in memory of Mrs. Jakm Morris. The fund to be named for Mrs. Morris, will provide for a loan of $25 a quarter for a worthy student at Western Carolina. The loan is to be made without interest, and Is be payable two years after graduation. Mrs. E. L. McKee led a beautiful memorial service for Mrs. Morris; and an honored guest of the club, was Mrs. Eugenia Allison, of Webster, mother of Mrs. Morris. A Christmas pny"*n~ -?- about Chrii;L;iiao countries of the United Nauwus I and Christmas in Bethlehem, < now and then, was presented by Mrs. Dan Tompkins, who was ] introduced by Mrs. Dan Allison, the program chairman. A i ] number of the Christmas carols were sung, with Mrs. Paul Ellis, , a guest of the club, at the piano. Mrs. Hall's home was decor- " ated with Christmas greens, and candles, and a lovely nativity { scene was prominent on a table in the living room. Following th program and . business, the members of the club ; and guests were invited into the dining room, where delightful refreshment*, carrying opt the Christmas motif were served, Mrs. Dan Moors poured tea from the table, which had an attractive centerpitfesTof Santa Claus and his reindeer. Sam OMHfeott Is Promoted To Captaincy Mr. and Mrs. Cary Allison recently received notice that their son, Samuel C. Allison, has been promoted to the rank of captain, . in the Medical detachment at ' Oamp Forrest, Tenn.Captain Allison was moved from Fort Ben- [ ning, Ga.,to the Tennessee Camp ; sometime ago. Captain Allison advanced to his present rank the "hard way", having worked himself up from a private. He has seen almost 15 years of service in the Medical Detachment without missing a day from duty except when on regular furlough. At Camp Forrest, Captain Allison has charge of the distribution of approximately $500,000 worth of medical supplies each month to troops throughout middle Tennessee. Captain Allison is married and has three children, two sons and a daughter.. Captain Allison has many friends and relatives in Sylva. ERRONEOUS REPORTS ARE HEARD ABOUT MEAT-SHARING PLAN Farmers do not need permits t.n hnfccher /their hogs or other meat animals, Dean I. O. Schaub director of State College Extension Service, emphatically empasized in correcting erroneous reports about the Share-TheMeat program. Neither do farmers have to have their hogs weighed before killing them, he , declared. "Th^re is mrrh y.\ uiiu gossip regardsrl the SOiare-the-Meal program," Dean Schaub declar- j ed. "Reports from a number of'. counties indicate that many people believe they will need a permit before they can kill any animal. Also they have heard reports that these permits cost from $3.00 to $5.00 or more. "Such reports are entirely erroneous," he asserted, "and everything possible should be | done to stop such rumors. There i is a possibility that such re- i ports are being- circulated deliberately." The Extension director said ntii 1 MBtER 17, 1942 || . QUALLA | * 5| (By Mrs. J. K. Terrell) Surely fche people who dwel "In the land of the free and th< home of the brave" will e^clain with the Journal Editorial ol December 3rd, "Yes, thank;? b( to God!" Since the unfavorable weathei and the going away of ac man} of our young folks there has t^en a considerable falling ofl in Sunday School and churct attendance. Well, as the Wise Men of old followed the Stai that led to their Redeemer, sc we, also, may ionow tms siar oi hope for better, brighter day* ahead. Qualla boys leaving over las1 week end, for the U. S. Army al Fort Bragg, were: Thomas Keen Mr. H. G. Ferguson was 3 guest at Mr. D. M. Shuler's, Sunday. Mr. D. K. Battle visited at Mr. Horace Howell's, last week. Mrs. D. M. Shuler called on Mrs. J. L. Sitton, Monday. The Qualla Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs. Norma Hyatt, Tuesday. In connection with th ebusinesss session, they with the business session, .they ?ave a housekeeping shower for Mrs. Willard Kitchen. Mrs. D. C. Hughes ani Mrs Burton Bumgarner spent the week end with their .parents Mr and Mrs. J. E. Battle, and with their brother, Jake Battle who was going away. Mr. Albert Patton nas joined the U. S. Navy. Mr. Richard Crisp, who haj been employed in defense worl< for several months, is spending awnue at nome. Funeral Rites Of Mrs Dillard Held Sunday Funeral services for Mrt Dora Holland Dillard, relict o' the late John Dillard, were cor ducted last S'inday afternoon .t' East Sylva ;aptist church i Rev R. F. layberry, Rev. ' F. Deitz ar ~*ev. Ernest Jam Ison. In*r' . ..i, was in the Dillard fav.-.y cemetery. Mrs. Dillard, who died Friday night at the home of her son Lee Dillard, was a lifelong resident of Sylva township, and reared a large familv here. She is survived by three daughters Mrs. Alex Stevens, of Biltmore Mrs. Ellis Beasley, Sylva, anc Mrs. Frank Swanger, Hazelwood; by seven sons, Furmar Dillard, David H. Dillard, A M Dillard, Love Dillard, Morgan Dillard, Ralph Dillard, and Lee ^ - ? J ->11 D?i1?tn U?v fl onif LUiiaXU, an oyiva.wj lilujr-o^yen grand children, 9 great-granc children, two sisters, Mrs. Ransom Wiggins and Mrs. Kellj Sharpe, of Glenville, and one brother, Thomas Holland, oJ Dreta, Louisiana. At the request of theii mother, her seven sons were her pallbearers. that the Share-the-Meat program is a voluntary one at the present time, and while farmers will be asked to limit theii consumption to an allowance sel up for the country as a whole Dean Scaub says he doubts il .,np />*- ? . lii aixc fS.kt :.trmers on the basis of average yearly consumption. "Comparatively few of oui farmers average more than the consumption allotment request' ed of all the people", he added. The State College leader saic that the only restriction on farir slaughter of hogs, cattle, calves sheep iand lambs is where a farmer has been butchering anc delivering aninjals for others In this case the farmer is restricted to no more than th< same amount of meat he slaughtered and delivered to others ir the corresponding quarter oj 1941. ounia $1.50 A YEAR IN AD | Committees |< s Appointed For J WebsterP.T.A. ] l a * x Webster Parent Teacher Amof elation met Tuesday afternoon, ? ? with Mrs. Fred McKee presiding, c A Christmas program was pre- i r sented. Special music waj' rcn- a r dered by the high school cho c , rus, under the direction of Mrs > Pearl Madison. A play, "Moth- f | er's Christmas" was given by a r ; group of tenth grade pupils. The I 1 Reverend B. C. Moss gave a very r k informative talk on the ton^ n > "Meetin Spiritual and . cial Ne'j; .?f ) presented s.i. uu;. ' n^eds ui a . | youth or age ai, follows: "To un- r ' derstand himself or herself; to c ' I understand the world in which s I've live: a,nd to satisfy th^ hun- p ' ior sot lie tiling to whiih we can pledge allegiance." He also o L stated that "parents and teach- C ers can, if careful, guide am- f bitious boys and girls into chan- C .neLs of construction." \ Mrs. McKee appointed Mrs. 0 1 Lewis Cannon, Mr. J. E. Brown, 0 Mrs. R. P. Buchanan and Mrs. Claude Cowan to arrange for , . presents to be sent to the arm- J ed forces from Webster P. T. A. ' this Christmas. The second year | ' home economics girls will make 1 ' candy for the boxes to be sent. 1 Miss Mary B. Simmons has an- J nounced that the adult class in "Clothing Conservation" and . "Nutrition", which was schedL uled for the East Fork Commun- d > ity has been postponed until af- li tpr t.hp Christmas holidavs. ? I Mrs. Ruth Everett gave a very b beneficial and educational talk 5 to the Webster High School Stu- F : dents explaining the new pro- c r gram of 1. price control; 2. ra- ? tioning and 3. rental control. She stressed that each pupil ac-, 2 quatirt himself or herself with c this program by every possible B means. She concluded her talk 5 with-this statement: "Know the new program and stand by the f government because your government is yourself." c ? Seal Sales Progress Under Leadership r Of Mrs. J. H. Gillis * I 1 I Mrs. J. H. Gilis, chairman of ? 1 the Tuberculosis Christmas seal ! sale sponsored by the Sylva Pa- c *ent Tt- hers Associaiton, has l .. announced that the drive is progressing satisfactorily, but wish- I es again to urge the purchase of seals by everyone, in order that the drive may be a complete suocess. ( Mrs. Gillis states that ninetyfive cents out of every Seal Sale ( - ?iti-J? dollar stays wiuiin uie outw: wj 1 aid in the prevention and cure ] of tuberculosis. Five cents sup- . ports services of the National Tu beculosis Association. [ Under present war contditions ^ . it is of greatest importance that c j the spread of the disease be pre- 1 ; vented. Over crowded conditions I I in defense areas encourage the 5 spread of tuberculosis and calls ( : for readjustment of national, 1 > State, and local tuberculosis pro- j grams. To quote Sir William Osier, e teachers of modern medicine: n The ba( -tealnst tubcrcul .i is not ct^r's longs to tn; .\ .?c. j t ^ ; j Rationing Board Tr."iS New Hours I > Because of the added load of office work caused by the regis; tration for "T" gasoline ration j - and the fuel oil registration, it \ will be necessary for the Jack- s i son County Rationing Board Of- ; 1 flee to be closed at 3:00 P. M. i , each day. t i The new office hours will be I from 8:30 A. M. to 12:30 P.M., . and from 1:30 to 3:00 P. M., ex cept Saturdays, when the office ; will close at 12:30 P. M. 1 t i The Athens, W. Va., jail, va- i F cant for a year, was scrapped c and yielded 30 tons of steel. ( I VANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY Officers Were Inducted Here Last Monday Monday, December 7 was inluguration day in Jackson ;ounty, and old officers succeedng themselves were sworn in, ind new ones took the oath of >ffice for the first time. The new officers, sworn in for our year terms were J. C. Passnore, of Cashiers Valley and Ed Wisher of Sylva, as county comnissioners, and Ed Brown, of nu^kaseigee, as county survey, . Passmore and Fisher sue - d Cleve Fisher of Hamburg uid R. C. Howell of Qualla as nembers of the Board of Countommissioners; and Mr. Browx ucceeds Lyman Stewart, as ounty surveyor. Sheriff Leonard Holden, Clerk t the Superior Court Roy M. towan, Register of Deeds Glenn lughes, Coronor C. W. Dills, and Commissioner of Finance T. Valter Ashe, all took the oath f office and began serving secnd terms of four years. * \ Sunday School Meet Held At Scott's Creek The Tuckaseigee Baptist Suniay Sshool Convention was teld at Scott's Creek church, at rtta, Sunday afternoon, December 13. The following program was irepared by the program v ommittee, and W. G. Womack, lecretary and Treasurer. The meeting will be openecL*t, ! o'clock in nft^trr-n^r lpMu~n /'f ift^egational staging, led by !. E. Fisher, choir director of Pott's Creek church. Devotions, conducted by Mrs. ^rank Barron. Special music by Reed quartet if Scott's Creek church. Address by J. F. Corbin, of lylva church. Special music, Reed quartet. A ten minutes summary of the iext quarter's studies, by Jenlings A. Bryson. Announcements, and remarks >y the president. Minutes and roll call of the Sunday Schools. Report of committees and eliction of officers for the year 943. Congregational singing led by E. E. Fisher. Prayer and adjournment. dowan Circle Chooses Officers For Coming Year The Annie Cowan Circle of he Methodist Womans Society if Christian Service, meeting ast Wednesday afternoon with ?frs. Phillip Stovall, elected Mrs. Jtovall as circle leader, Mrs. H. >ibson as vice leader, Mrs. M. Buchanan, Jr., as secretary, and tfrs. Dan Allison, treasurer. Mrs. Robert G. Tuttle directed a Christmas pageant, with /rs. Dan Moore, Mrs. J. H. Gil\j Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. A. D. irker.and MrsJDan Allison par.icipating. Mrs. D. M. Hall was K)loist for the pageant with Mr v 3aul Ellis as accompanist. Mrs. Sutton, assisted by Mts. i. Gibson, served a delightful ;alad and ice course. FROZEN Uncle Sam has adopted a new >olicy of buying quick frozen regetables for his army, thus ;aving hundreds of tons of tin ind steel for war production ind giving the armed forces >etter food. TEA When tea joins coffee on the ist of scarcities, Americans may )rew themselves a tasty cup Tom persimmon leaves, a . concoction which nutritionists describe as being high in Vitamin C. i * .