State Wide Drive Now On
For fA Pound A Person'
As the statewide drive foe "a*
pound a person" in gifts of cloth
ing, bedding and shoes began its
second week Rev. Henry G. Ruark,
Chapel Hill minister, and director
of the drive announced rapid
progress in county organizations.
In many counties chairmen and
committee members are already
hard at work publicizing the need
and in some spots actual shipments
have been made already to the
Church World Service Center, New
Winsdor. Maryland. All goods are
sorted and packed into water
proof bales there before overseas
shipment.
The relief program of UNRRA
stopped on Mrffch 31 in Europe. To
date Congress has made no direct
appropriations to take UNRRA's
place. Thus the burden of cloth
ing, feeding, and giving medical
care to the war-stricken millions
throughout Europe and Asia falls
heavily on church relief agency.
Last month some 2,700,000 pounds
of clothing and food went from
American churches to 28 foreign
nations. However, Mr. Ruark stat
ed, this is only a drop in the bucket
when compared to the real need.
The North Carolina Council of
Churches, in asking citizens of this
EYES EXAMINED
Glasses Fitted
\
DR. ALDEN C. DOWN8
will examine eyes and fit glasses
in Sylva at the Carolina Hotel
Friday, May 23, from 9 o'clock
to 4 o'clock.
If you have eye trouble or
don't see well you should con
sult Dr. Downs on above date.
WCTC Journalism Club
Will Give Original
Variety Show Tonight
The Journalism club of Western
Carolina Teachers college will pre
sent a variety show, "A Night in a
Cullowhee Tavern," in Hoey audi
torium at 8:00 p. m. on Thursday]
May 15. It will consist of a series
of original skits, written by mem
bers of the club, and enacted by
club members and other interested
persons. The show will open with
the club's own version of "Truth
or Consequences," and will close
with a beauty contest in which
"Miss W.C.T.C." will be named.
The scene of the show 'frill be
"Jack's Jernt," a mythical night
club in Cullowhee. The skits are
only loosely connected with each
other, but all are such as conceive
ably could occur in a tavern. Ac
cording to Jack Booker, chairman
of the club's show committee, "It'll
definitely be corny?so corny, in
fact, that, just to make sure no
one fails to notice it,' we'U empha
size corn throughout the program."
The skits are mostly satirical in
nature, .and make their points at
the expense of radio, the movies,
the press* and persons prominent,
in those fields.
Between some of the skits, bal
lads and other songs, including two
numbers by the Faculty Quartet,
will be sung.
Mr. L. R. Taff, assistant profes
sor in the school's English depart
ment and advisor of the club, is
sponsoring and will direct the
show.
state for "a pound a person" real
ize that most people can give more.
A men's winter suit* might weigh
3-4 pounds while a good pair of
work shoes two pounds. Farmers
are asked to contribute cotton feed
sacks. Here they sell for 20c; over
seas they bring as much as five
dollars. They are used as sheets,
shirts, towels and even diapers.
Many people in Northern Europe
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PLASTICS HAy?^9EEN DEVELOPED FOR
SHOE REPAIRING TOO!
Heels that won't scuff ? Soles that aire
water resistant.
You Get the Best When We Get the Job
of Repairing Your Shoes.
BLUE RBBON SHOE SHOP
Phone 114 . Sylva, N. C.
Aleman At O'Dtvyer Luncheon
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO Miguel Aleman (left) and Mayor William
U'Owyer of New York converse in Spanish, just before luncheon xc
Gracie Mansion. Mrss Paul O Dwyer, sister-in-law of the Mayor, pre
sided as hostess at the luncheon. Among those present were Warren R.
Austin, U. S. delegate to the United Nations; Trygve Lie, U. N. secretary~
gcneisO^-and Dr. Oswaldo Aranha of BraziL (International)
OUR TOWN AND
SOCIAL SECURITY 1
By D. W. LAMBERT, Manager i
Asheville, N. C.
In my last two columns, I havej
stressed the importance of the So
cial Security account number be
cause it is the key to your insur
ance account with Uncle Sam. To
day's column also deals with this
subject.
Have you more than one social
security card? And do you some
times show one card to your em
ployer and sometimes another. If
you are doing this, you may take
a loss when you file a claim for
benefits or your family, *in case of
your death, may take a loss when
they file for survivors benefits,
because all your, wages should be'
reported under one account num
ber.
If you have more than one card,
it means you have more than one
account. It means the wages re-,
ported by your employers are
sometimes credited to one account
and sometimes to another. And
that may mean trouble when time
to draw benefits comes around.
If yeu hayje more than one so- I
cial security card, write to the So
cial Security Administration. 203
Flatiron Building, Asheville, North
Carolina. He will straighten out
your account and tell you which
number to use in the future.
"Suppose you lose 5'?ur card.
What should you do? The thing to
do is to apply at the office men
tioned above for a duplicate cnrd.
Don't ask for a NEW card. Ask for
a DUPLICATE card with the same
number on it. Then you can be sure
that you will have just ope account
and that all your wages will be
credited in the same place.
So remember, one, card, one
number?FOR A LIFETIME.
Application forms to get a So
cial Security account number can
be obtained at any post office or
Social Security field office. If you
don't have your card when you
go to work on a new job, give your
employer a signed application to
oise when he reports your wages.
Jackson Bible School
Postponed To June 22-29
The Jackson Bible Conference in
the Sylva Elementary School Au
ditorium, announced for May 18
25, has been postponed until June
22-29 on account of the Baptist as
sociational revival of stewardship
and missions, according to W. Her
bert Brown, director of the South
ern Bible Testimony, Inc., Bryson
City.
wrapped old rags around their
feet for shoes last winter, reliable
church observers overseas say.
One Dutch woman writes that she
used newspapers for handkerchiefs
last winter. In Dafizig, Poland, a
pair of girl's shoes cost $30.
The Academy Award winner for
documentary films of 1946, "Seeds
of Destiny," is now being circulated
throughout the state. Depicting the
terrible living conditions of our
brethen overseas, it caused one
man to sit down immediately and
write out a hundred-dollar check
for relief. Although this picture
was banned from commercia movie
houses, the North Carolina Coun
cil of Churches has secured 65
copies of it and has enabled liter
ally thousands to know the facts
about life abroad. This film and
"other material can be had by
writing Rev. Henry G. Ruark. Uni
versity Methodist Church, Chapel
Hill, N. C.
Weekly
Sermon et
Life Is Like A Garden
The possession and care of a
garden is an instructive experi
ence. There are many lessons for
the ways of life.
Many things come into a garden j
from the environment. Seedlings of
maple, cherry, oak, dogwood,
privet, St. Johnswort come up in
my garden as well as grass, clover,
and blackberry. Then the flowers
multiply over the place: thrift,
veronica, first breath of spring,
honesty, saponaria, and roses. Any
of them may be annoying until we
discover that they are gifts Which
we may use. Cherries require more
work; but see how they attract the
birds. I vow to exterminate the
privet so far as possible, until the
cedar waxwings come in flocks of
trim beauty to feast on the berries.
Someone has Refined a weed as
a flower out of place. So we who
have gardens can constantly con
vert weeds into flowers. As I mow
j my back lawn I see a new plant
of sweetbriar rose. When I move
it a few feet, from the grass to the
border, it becomes a joy in its ad
dition to the whole atmosphere of
the garden. (You remember it is
the eglajitine of literature.) I in
sist on leaving corners here and
there for the wild strawberries
which add so much to the flavor
I of life. The breath of spring, placed
?- . SALLY'S SALLIES
'"Maybe they'll nickname him
765435 after you and?your num
bers racket!"
NOTICE
?TO?
HOME BUILDERS!
Let Us Know
Your Needs.
A good supply of
Concrete Blocks
now ready for delivery.
Estimates Furnished Free
REGULAR BLOCKS
Foundation and Corner Blocks
21 cents on the Yard at Dills
boro, N. C. or delivered at a
small additional charge.
For Further Information
Call At Office Of
Moody Funeral Home
Or Telephone 124-J
JACKSON CEMENT
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in the border, adds a thrill to the
winter garden for us an*d for the
bees. It helps to convince us that
fragrance is the soul of flowers.
Chives spreads from seed into the
lawn. But it spreads in the herb
bed too, and through its purple
bloom helps to elevate the standing
of its family, the onion.
Then what a struggle there is
between the pasture and the gar
den. The clovers and the grasses
are essential for the pasture; what
trouble they give us in the garden.
So when we are down in our bed
of herbs or pansies pulling clover
and grass out by the roots and try
ing to leave the treasured plants
still living, we do well to remem
ber that these same persistent
qualities are most valuable across
the fence.
Thus a garden may become a
wilderness if everything which
comes to it is allowed to remain
and grow where it is. But with
thought, planning, and constant
care it brings joy of fragrance and
beauty. It is like a life which in
herits manifold traits and tenden
cies and capacities. If all of these
are properly used, arranged, sub
dued ,or encouraged then the
prophet's words come true, "Their
soul shall be as a watered garden."
The U. S. Department of agri
culture has announced a price
I s
support program for 1947-<;rop
turkeys marketed during the pe
riod October 1, 1947, through Jan
uary 31, 1948.
THE SOUTH S LEADING GRANITES
YOUR FINAL TRIBUTE
A mcmori 1 is your last tribute of love and respect- It should
be selected with care.
We will be glad to assist you in selecting the final tribute . . .
at your convenience.
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