PACE TWO
THE. FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, MAY Q, 1037
REVIEW OF TPA
WORK OHVOMEN
(Continued from Page One)
of the women assigned to these
projects knew little or nothing of
needlecraft, most oi them had nev
er made the simplest articles of
clothing for their own families,
hence it became the duty of super
visors to acquaint themselves with
the personal characteristics of each.
A training period of one hour a
day was inaugurated in sewing
rooms, during which the intricacies
of home management, child nutri
tion and care of the body were
tnntrht workers. Pre-natal clinics
were established in larger, relief
centers, and sufferers from social
diseases given treatment. Women
not adapted to the use of a needle
were weeded from sewing rooms
and assigned to other projects. Re
creation, now -directed in the state
by Miss Ronie Sheffield, took care
of several hundred workers talent
ed in this line of endeavor. Those
persons partially skilled in clerical
work were assigned to county and
city offices'; cleaning and. renovat
ing projects were brought into be
ing for the lower types, those
whose advanced age made it im
possible for them to ocquire a skill.
Adult education, which is now sup
ervised by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Mor
riss.gave employment to hundreds
of teachers who had been unable
to acquire employment in state
schools, and many thousands of
illiterates have been taught to
read and write . in classes taught
by them. Women now engaged in
sewing rooms arc seamstresses of
considerable skill, and exceptionally
fine, garments are being produced
by them.
Gardening and Canning Projects
Gardening and canning projects
are being started in all sections
of the state by Works Progress
Administration, and thousands of
cans of fruit and vegetables will
be preserved during the summer
season for distribution to the poor
during the fall and winter. A state
wide library project, which will
emphasize extension work rather
than bookmending, is being insti
tuted this week.
Under the supervision of Miss
Helen Rhinhardt, assistant director
of Women's and Professional pro
jects, five S-day forewoman train
ing conferences have just been con
cluded in district offices attended
by district, area and county sup
ervisors. Courses incfuded the keep
ing of reports, planning of personal
work schedules, outlining project
activities, maintaining production
standards, discipline of -.workers,
arjd. planning and conducting a
training program for project fore
women and workers. These district
meetings are being followed up by
training conferences in individual
counties. According to Miss Rhin
hardt, attendance at these meetings
has been excellent.
Mrs. Campbell, who by training
and experience is well equipped for
the position she holds, is highly
pleased with the cooperation she
has received from sponsoring
groups throughout the state. Rents,
lights and water' have, in all in
stances, been provided by sponsors.
"The result of our giving work re
lief," said Mrs. Campbell, "is now
plainly written on the faces .of
thousands of women who have
been enabled to maintain them-'
selves and their dependents in a
world of economic uncertainty.
we have been afforded opportunity
to initiate our women into the mys
teries of budgeting scanty family
incomes, to help them convert drab
huts into cheerful homes, to renew
their interest in life and living."
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Among the 413 WPA projects operated by the Women's and Professional Division in the .State are the
eight' shown above: (1) White sewing room, Wake; (2) Section of sewing room for Negroes ; (3) A book
mending project; (4) Clerical and indexing city and county records; (5) Homemaking aid ; (f) Public
health nursing; (7) School lunches; (8) Furniture repair. '.
weather, and are busy tilling the
soil.
Luther Anderson is arousing great
interest among the young people of
Ridgecrest church with his Bible
demonstration through map study.
Mrs. O. V. Mincey left Monday
to visit her husband at the State
hospital in Morganton.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Wilson, of
Ashevdle, spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Z. D. Buchanan. .
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tippett are
very happy over the birth of their
big boy, Carl, Jr.
; Mr.' and Airs. Guy Buchanan, of
Canton, spent Sunday with relatives
here. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tallent visit
ed Mrs. Tallent's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Tippett.
Mrs. Lora Moore and daughter,
Mildred, are going to spend several
days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Craw
ford Smith, of Sylva, and Mr. and
'Mrs. Carver Saunders, of Canton.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Saunders are
66th sisters of Mrs. Moore.
Beacher Downs, who lives near
Canton, was visiting his parents,
Mr. and Airs. J. N. Downs, this
week.
Dont be satisfied with ordinary
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anti- J
baby powders that are not anti
septic Without paying a cent
more you can get Mennen Anti
septic Powder - which not only
does everything that other baby
powders do. but also sets up an
antiseptic . condition that fights
off germs and skin infections. It
stops chafing and rawness, too.
Buy it at your druggist's today.
Women's Work of WPA
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Water Pumps Itself
With Hydraulic Ram
"Water will pump itself into
your home if you give it a chance,"
Said E. H. Garrison, . Jr., Afoore,
county farm agent of the State col
lege extension service.
"A little hydraulic ram costing
from $15 to $36 will do the trick,"
he pointed out.
The ram pumps contrnuously and
the water can "be stored in a large
barrel or a tank from which it can
be drawn into the house as needed.
To function properly, a ram needs
,a flow of water from a spring at
the rate of not much less than
three gallons per minute.
Where there i.s a fair flow of
water from the spring, Garrison
Pointed out, a ram will pump water
a long way and up a high hill. One
of the Afoore county rams pumps
watc a distance of 700 feet and
rp 'a hill 85 feet above the level
if. the spring.
A ram will last almost indefinate
ly. Some are still going strong after
50 years of continuous operation
"This is about the cheapest water
supply I know of," he said, "and
one of the most satisfactory."
As long as the rams keep pump
ing, he added, they will not freeze
in winter. - ,
Neglected Rivulets
Make Large Gullies
Great gullies from little rivulets'
grow, but according to W. A H.
Cato of the soil conservation ser
vice, a few boughs from the pine
or cedar tree," when properly placed
at intervals in small gullies, will
prevent small gullies from becom
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Cato advised that the brush dams
be spaced at vertical Intervals of
12 inches in small gullies . three or
four feet deep and less than, six
feet wide. For instance, if the gully
has a fall of eight, feet in the hun
dred, the brush dams would be
spaced every 12 feet, or eight dams
in 100 feet.
The boughs should be placed with
the butts upstream and covered
lightly with soil. Where a'consid
erable amount of water flows down
the gully, it is a good plan to
stabilize the .brush by driving into
the ground to a depth of 12 to 18
inches a cedar stake, attached with
wire or nails to 'a cross-bar.
, Brush check dams have . been
built on more than 50 per cent of
the farms in the Huntersville ero
sion control project, Cato said, and
they have proven very effective in
reclaiming gullied areas.
Where the farmer has plenty of
hay-baling wire or old barbed wire
and a convenient supply of pine J
or cedar boughs, he can place the
brush in the gullies and stabilize
them with the wire staked down
at each end.
New Food Wrinkles -Feature
4-H Project
" Girls enrolled in 4-H food pro
jects may again Compete for valu-i
able prizes in the national food
preparation contest being conduct
ed by club leaders, with the aid of
State extension service. It opens a
wide and fascinating field for girls
who ' wish to excel in culinary arts.
Use of "new wrinkles" in com
mercial food products are an in
teresting phase of the contest, as
are failure-proof methods, short
cuts, and economical practices de,
vised daily in test kitchens, all of
yhich make food and its prepara-
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tidn a delight.
Credit s given to poultry, garden
and orchard projects and serving
of their products, also to the pre
paration of special dishes promot
ing greater consumption of neglect
ed health, items, in the diet. Drying,
curing and canning of foods, picnic
and school lunches, meal planning
and table decorations and settings
for formal and informal occasions
are significant in the program.
To encourage club girls in all
these- things, Servel, Inc., makers
of the Electrolux kerosene operat
ed refrigerator, offer $900 in cash
scholarships and eight refrigerators
to national and sectional winners,
trips to the 16th national 4-H club
congress in Chicago for state win
ning members, and gold medals to
county champions. Many local girls
are expected to participate.
Don't Neglect Them !
Nature designed the kidney to do
marvelous job. Their leak is to keep the
flowing blood stream free of an excess of
toxic impurities. The act of living Jis
ittelf is constantly producing waste
matter the kidneys must remove from
the blood if good health is to endure.
When the kidneys faH to function as
Mature intended, there Is retention of
Waste that may cause body-wide dis
tress. One may suffer nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nights, swelling,' puffiness
under the eye eel tired, nervous, all
worn out.
Frequent, scanty or burning passage
may be further evidence of kidney or
bladder disturbance.
The recognised and proper treatment
Is diuretic medicine to help the kidney '
get rid of excess poisonous body waste.
Use Doan'i PilU. They have had more
than forty years of public approval. Are
endorsed the country over. Insist on
Doan'. Sold at all drug stores.
OLIVER
GET A "CLIP-CUT"
And S-ve Your Horse' Neck
-k Until you ride the Oliver "Clip
Cut" you'll never know what smooth,
quiet mowing is. It cuts all crops
easier and faster. With all gears
running in oil, and the "Clip-Cut"
bar cutting easily through the heav
iest crops, the Oliver . .mower is.
much lighter in draft, ',,
Backed By
SERVICE and PARTS
if This sulky dump rake is built
for hard usage, and it dumps the
hay the instant pressure is applied
to the dump pedal.
Farmers'
Federation, Inc.
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