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PAGE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRES9 AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1942 NYA RECORD IS REVIEWED Over 600 Young People Received Training And Employment The work of the National Youth Adminstratiqn, which was one of the agencies of the New Deal in augurated to trails underprivileged youth of the nation and to relieve the destructive conditions which existed as one of the effects of the depression, has beei discontinued except for the defense training schools. There are a number of Macon county young people enjoying the advantages of these training cen ters in this state, which are given vocational opportunity to prepare them to earn their living on war projects. The need for the work assistance given to young boys and girls be tween the ages of 10 and . 25 lias largely disappeared under war con ditions. But the training given which supplemented public school vocational education, and which also gave work to the needy, has gone far towards preparing this genera tion during the past seven years for better service to their county. A large number of young people of Macon county have been given the chance of improving their con- dition . and helping support their dependent families by the projects conducted here since March 1936. Mrs. Margaret Ordway was .ap pointed at that time as supervisor, a position which she has held until the work of county supervi sors was discontinued. Her work was recognized by the state office as outstanding. With an, under standing of the needs of the very poor, whom the administration was originally instituted to assist, Mrs. Ordway did not confine her work to merely official requirements of her office. Recognizing the larger human possibilities implied, Mrs. Ordway gave of her time and unusual abilities to do a piece of creative work for the people of the county which will bear fruit permanently. There are many whom she reach ed who were too far away and inaccessible for other agencies to assist and whose immediate distress she was able to relieve as well as to start on the upward road. Many people will, always be grateful for the personal interest which helped them to overcome handicaps of at education and opportunity. There were 20 units with over 200 boys and girls operating over a period of several years, besides numbers of from 35 to 80 benefit ing from tht NYA student fund which enabled that number to at tend school by earning .small sums to sustain their expenses, Macon Topped Other Counties t ic nnt irenerallv known that in the autumn of 1930 the Wash imtrton NYA offices decided th Vfarhn County tonned the othe 99 counties of North Carolina on the basis Of the widest distnbu tion of jobs and overcoming o obstacles of unimproved road which had to be traversed to es tablish and maintain contact witl thn nroiects. Indeed .this Was tin exceptional feature of the work as directed bv Mrs. Ordway a tas which would have daunted anyone with less courage and vision. Community Building . Among the permanent results o the work in the county are tin community houses of Otter Creek and lotla, .sponsored by the people themselves and the 1-razier Lorn rnunity house sponsored by the Ney-roes of the county on a lot adjoining the Negro school building A weaving center was maintain ed in Nantahala township and other production centers gave tram intr in various communities, t hese projects have already been des rrihed in articles. Not least of the many benefits derived have been the clerical helpers furnished to the govern ment atrencies. supplementing re gular workers in the offices of Farm siren ts. F. S. A., home dem onstration, welfare, public health and county records. The total number of young peo ple, white and colored, assisted over a period of six and one quarter years has been 627. Many of the young men are now in the armed forces, or in defense work, and a large number of the young women have been trained to use ful employment in clerical and oth er private employment. Coweeta Captain John W. Timmons, for merly Inspector - Instructor with District "I", CCC, Charleston, S. C, has been transferred to Dis trict "B", East Point, Ga. Capt. Timmons made his first official visit to this camp for monthly audit and inspection on Friday and Saturday. Chaplain, Francis M. Huggins paid the camp a visit this week- HL; ' H Mrs. Margaret W, Ordway, whose capable service as Supervisor o National Youth Administration pro jects in Macon county for six years has been of lasting benefit to the young people aided through this agency. end. Services were held Saturday evening and Sunday school on Sun lay morning. Feature moving pictures which have been shown indoors each Monday night have been moved outside. The public is cordially in vited to come out and see these pictures on Monday nights. There is a spacious lawn and plenty of room for everybody. It is hoped that this Company of World War veterans will be able to participate in the July 4th celebration at Franklin on next Saturlav. Meals, above all, should be pleas ant. Many cases of indigestion start with a heated table conversa tion. 1 yiGTORY BUY UNITED STATE S WAR BONDS AND STAMPS FOE mm Catholic Revival Meeting Conducted by Four Undergraduate Girl Students of Rosary College River Forest, Illinois At The CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LOT Main Street FRANKLIN, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday July 6, 7, 8 7:30 to 8:30 P. M. FOREST FIRES HELP ENEMY On The Tar Heel Front In Washington By Robert A. Erwin and France McK'uiick Washington There's no telling when some good verbal gymnastics Southern Timber Vital To win iaKe piace iw tne nuust oi Representatives. You can bet there will be some fireworks, however, when Major A. L. B.ulwinkle of North Carolina's present Tenth Winning War, Must Be Protected Forest protection is national pro- District leaves his seat in the rear i tectum. Now, as never before in oi the chamber and starts tor the America's history, our forest re- rostrum witn moon in jus eye. Robert Rich, the talkative Perm sylvania Republican, was sounding sources must be guarded against fire. The demand for lumber to be used in connection with war indus- off last week during debate on the lris .,n(1. act;vi,;t,s i taxlne the 42 billion-dollar Army appropria- South's woodlands so heavily that, Hons bill, contending among other even with the utmost care, they things the United States "should wiu be greatiy depleted by the end have tended to its own business." 0f tbe present crisis. Rich is a bitter anti-administration- Each acre of Merchantable timber ist who usually makes at least a destroyed by fire is a loss that the one-rnincte speech every day. South cannot afford to bear and Atajor milwmkle, World War each acre of young growth burned veteran anci oui advocate ot a strong foreign policy and a strong army, tore imto Rich with a vigor that won the applause of the House. "1 am surprised at what the gentleman has said, notwithstand- leave,s a smaller growing stock be meet, post-war demands. Every man-hour spent in fighting fires means an hour that could have been devoted to building planes or ships or to producing weeded farm products. In addition, smoke ' from .. g i cn naruur saiu me xuajor. forest fires intcrfercs with artil vc u.u iioi seeK anytnmg. wny ,ery and avi,ation trajnig aud the uucs iic ay we were trying ro bring on war? Why in the name of Heaven did you vote for war, for every declaration of war? Don't say you appose these things (the appropriation) when you voted for every declaration of war." The Major and Rich really had it out for detection of enmy planes and sub mariities. In the South, Regional Forester Joseph C. Kircher, of the U. S. Forest Service says, some 95 per cent of all forest fires are man caused. Any fire that man causes mam can prevent. Most of the ,L "iinuies, aim ui (;,- ,. , l 1 the end the Penusylvanian was ieSsne,ss or incendiarism. The smok- sittmg silently in his seat. er campe,. huntfer or fisherman, c. , 4 . , by taking simple precautions, can State Commissioner of Agricul- easily ayoid setlin,g thc woods on ure W. Kerr Scott started some ire He CBn be sure W n)atch u fire-works recently when he pub- om before throwi it d iand hshed statistics showing farmers that hjs ; hed Qr ci Gr d have nex to no representat.on at ret buu , dead He ,,uke care all on State boards and commis- tn h-u - a- siotts, and that Republicans lead from inflammable material and to many oi tne otaie s great iarm organizations. M. G. Mann, general manager of the North Carolina Cotton Grow ers Cooperative Association, Ral eigh, took issue with Scott in two t , . I uitinv in. ii) .uiu inc iil;iiiiii; ways. He wrote a letter to Scott, f i u j ti i ? c , , , , , tools are on hand. The forest fire aim kiii a ixjpy oi tnis letter ana one of his own to members of the see that it is out dead out be fore leaving it. Farmers .should make it a rule never to burn brush when the wind is high and always to be sure that plenty of help and fire fighting North Carolina delegation in Congress. "A true cooperative is not . a political organization," Mann told the delegation. "I am grateful that it is not, because if it were under political domination, in some states it would be serving the Republic ans, in others the Democrats, and the poor farmer would still be made the goat." Mann told the Commissioner he was "astonished when I read your statement regarding the men who are serving as president of several cooperatives in the state." bug must pause to remember that his action would give aid and com fort to the enemy, that every acre he burns helps Hitler and Hiro hito. Unburned forests, by conserving rainfall, help provide abundamt and steady supplies of water for indus trial and power purposes. They aid in preventing destructive floods and erosion of valuable farmland. They provide food and shelter for wild life and opportunities for healthful recreation. The forests of the South are vital to the present war efforts and to future prosperity. They can and i. . . i . . i . I hf I nmtnic cinrfip . ........ li . I .. I 0 hoo c.nKo t, -,ll. U tiiV-.-.J,, Lie ICU IIIC WUU. with the two-page memographed leaflet he has prepared showing 59 state boards! and commissions in 1940, with 28 members engaged in farming out of a total of 471. National Selective Service Head quarters has advised local .boards West s Mill Mr. and Mr,. Ralph Bryson ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Bryson, went to Duke Univer- Glfl I I 1 1 I'll -1 f 1 1 sn kl.!nn. 1.. ... that insofar as is practical in I wppi. meeting their calls, they should Jinr, MJtwi, ,m uj, segregate registrants into four West vi inj after di broad-class.ficatio from which eral hh Mr men may be called for servict. Qmj tr t r xt-tZl Registrants will be selected ir Mr amJ turn bLJLl tt. the following order: anA Mrc v,i, rvi.-:. Category 1. Registrants other- I ru:UrB 'ntu.. j a Z wise qualified for military service tTnm nrc r:l . j 1 - u- u c j r v i ,rom bryson -ity, visited relatives who have no bona f.de financial Qnd friends her Sund dependemts. Mr Harnl . ' Category 2. Registrants other- vil, T ... wise qualified for rmhtary servce iti Mr an(, Mrs K L McLean who have wives with whom they last week are maintaining a bona fide family Little M- s . . w j mwi i i.iiiii, TT was bitten by a poisonous spider relationship in their homes and WhK T,anarrie,d pHor ,0 ?C" is much improved i-Vllli'Ll U, 4MIU .ill 1 1 Hlllt WI1C11 lducticm was not imminenit. Category 4. Registrants other wise qualified for military service who have wives and children, or children alorae, with whom they Marry fotts returned to his work in New River last Monday. Ernest Cabe is very sick. We hope he will soon be able to be out again. Mice svKil T.fo tm i maintain a bona fide family re- a "mZl " w V o , i . , . . , , 3 grandmother, Mrs. Cora Potts and lationship in their homes who were ,hPr r.liL n . j r l o tner relatives at Bryson City this married prior to December 8, 1941, ' and at a time when induction was ftnit :.. , . ,, WUlte an ntprpeftntr m not imminent. mac nu i 2. B. . uciwcen me two local teams on the new school trronnns Saturday afternoon. The score was 8 and 12 in favor of the larger boys. No Collection Everyone Welcome Cartoogechaye By MRS. JOE SETSER Misses Virginia Brookshire and Mary Frances Dalrymple are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Brookabire- at Cul lowhce. Miss Doris Dalrymple wen to Raleigh Saturday with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Smith. They had been vUiting Mrs. Smith's father, J. C. Dalrymple. ' Dr. J. L. Stokes is assisting Rev. J. C. Swaim in a series of meetings at Mt. Zion church. Mr. Swaim is also conducting a Vaca tion Bible school there. Mrs. Moody Bolick is spending some time with Mrs. Joe Selser. Misses Lucy Slagle and Mae Culpepper spent last weekend with Miss Amanda Slagle. Miss France Hurst left Monday for Duke hospital where she plans to enter the school for nursing. Miss Mary Slagle is visiting friends in Charlotte. r r Jan S3SZ A centerpiece of flowers or green leaves, however simple, add a touch of pL
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