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Typewriter Papers Variety Qualities and Weight* Any Quantity Envelopes to Match YeJIow Second Sheets Onionskin Red-ruled Paper for Legal Documents Mimeograph Paper White and in Color* The Franklin Preii Telephone 24 ?Continued from h|e Out GNUSE AGAIN IS RED CROSS HEAD lined tile proposed blood pro grain. Explaining that whole blood Is being used more and more by physicians, Mr Dlbrell said that Ashevllle has been approved, at the request of the Buncombe County Medical society, by the national Red Cross at a No. 1 blood center, to serve 21 West ern North Carolina counties, and that representative of the Red Cross chapters in those counties will meet in Asheville today (Thursday) to determine If they wish to cooperate. The blood program, he added, will be taken into no county without the ap proval of the county medical society, or, If there is no so ciety, of doctors, hospitals, and other groups. Under the plan, he said, blood will be taken from donors in cooperating counties, and as signed by the blood center to the various hospitals. After 21 days, unused blood will be col lected from the hospitals and processed into plasma. In Macon County he esti mated that the program would I require the "bleeding" of 50 to 16 donori tour Usm a yw. A total of 19?000 pint* art needed in Weatern North Caro lina! a lurviy has ihown. the ipeakw said. He commented that, at the Atlanta center, provUlon hai been made for (egrtgating the blood of Negro and white donors. He added, however, that during the eight months the center has been in operation no Negro has donated blood. The financial report, read by Mrs. Mary Jo Sloan in the ab sence of finance chairman J. H. Stockton, showed, $3,053 0 raised in the fund campaign, of which $^216.34 went to the national organization, and the remaineder was kept in the local treasury. It showed a-balance on hand, as of September 30, of t'2,980 in securities, and $1,781.67 cash in bank. R. E- McKelvey, reporting on home service, said aid was ren dered in the cases of 295 men xi the armed service, 231 vet erans, and 60 civilians. Mrs. Sloan described some typical cases that come to the Red Crofs office, and how the Red Cross serves as liaison be tween the armed forces and other agencies of the federal government, on the one hand, and service men and veterans and their families, on the other. Mrs. Gladys Kinsland re ported that the Junior Red Cross is organized In every school In the county, adding that the school children have shown keen interest In the work, especially^ In filling boxes r ' ?Coattau#* from h|i Oo* WILD LIFE AREA GRAZING TO END ON DECEMBER 31 i'lg season which ended August 31 saw 821 fishermen enjoy their sport within this management area. A total of 3441 trout wer checked in by these sportsmen " The decision was made, the letter concluded, "In an ef fort to carry out the general policy laid down for the Forest Service: 'Where conflicting in terests must be reconciled, the luestion will always be decided from the standpoint of the greatest good to the greatest number in the long run"." (or overseas boys and girls. S. C. Russell, reporting fcr the Highlands branch, explained how that branch works with the county organization and with the Franklin office. Careless use of matches and smoking materials is the great est cause of fire In the United States, accounting for 29.20 per sent of all- fires of known causes. Fitting a collar to a new work animal, whether It Is purchased or raised, should be done by testing with different size col lars till one is found that fits. ? CoaUnutf from On? | 82 COUNTIES SPEND MORE FOR HEALTH the percentage born outside a hospital was 35.17. Among the 100 counties, Macon ranked 72nd in per cent of lWe blHhs that occurred without such facilities. In one couny (Hydei in 1947 the majority of live births did not even have the attendance i of a physician, and in a sjore of other counties the propor tion of births without such at tendance was between one third to nearly one half. A physician was in attend ance at 387 of the Macon births, but 55 had only the attention of a midwife and 17 had other i or unknown attendance, records i show. In the same year the I i county had a total of 14 n I fant deaths and one maternal I death. Of he infant deaths, three occurred in a hospital and 11 outside a hospital or In cir cumstances unknown. A physi cian was in attendance rt 12 of the deaths and the remain ing two had no attent'.on of a phslcian or occurred in cir cumstances unknown. The sole maternal death took place in a hospital.. ?Continued front h(t On# PTA BeBr.efit Prog.am Drawi ISO, Nett $187 Jig oi the J- rarnlin Pa ent Te&chcr awociaUon, marked by a lecture, illustrated with >nO' tion pictures; cn India. The speaker was Promode Ooswaml, Indian who is In this ccuntiy studying. A number of reports also weiei heard. , ' A group of Mrs. Flanagan's pupils led the audience in sing ing, and Bergen Hall, high school student, gave the devo tional. Mrs. Elsie V. i . nks' second pride room wjn t.ic at , tendance prize. Mrs. C. N. Dowdle, president. QUALITY Printing Service You get good work manship when yu let us take care of your printing needs. Whether large or small? we give qual ity service! The Franklin Press UNITED STATES OP AMERICA ? first among na tions in national income! First in production of wheat, corn, cotton, petroleum, coal, and iron ! First in communications, in motor vehicles per capita ? first in many essentials to good Jiving and prosperity. , And directly related to that position of lead ership is our standard of education ? for it has been shown that a country's wealth and wel fare rise along with its educational standards. And countries rich in natural resources ran be poor and backward yrithout the benefits of education. Yes, the United States is a leader in the field of education too ? but for how long t Appalling conditions prevail today in many of our schools. I Many of our most brilliant teachers are working: against odds ? crowded classrooms, shortages of equipment and textbooks, long hours. You, and every United States citizen, may suffer from this situation, because it cannot help affecting our national prosperity. WHAT TO DO? Today ? make it your business to take these two ateps: 1. Check up on educational condi tions in your local schools; 2. Work with civic , groups and school boards seeking to improve teachers' working and living conditions. For only by keeping our educational standards h [ 1 can we hold our place in the world ? and asauio N . a prosperous future for ou& children. The Franklin Press
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