Page 12 ESSAY ... (Continued from page 1) begin in the individual schools where a school-winner will be selected by school officials during Tebruary and March. The school winner will advance to *he county finals and county winners to tht district finals. After five districl winners have been selected, tm five finalists will compete for state honors in the finals to be held ir Raleigh. The state winner will receive i year's tuition scholarship to anj state college or university plus a cash award. Prizes for county and district winners will also b< awarded. In manv schools, the entries ir the contest are being handled thri the vocational agriculture teachers and the home economics teachers, however, in schools when these are not available, any rura youth may *r.ter by asking his teacher to writ*) Robert A. Ponton, Farmers Cooperative Exchange. Raleigh. North Carolina. The contest is jointly sponsored by the N. C. Cotton Grower! Cooperative Association and the Farthers Cooperative Exchange. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Smith and children, Linda and Lynn, spent the holidays in Winston-Salem and Raleigh. They returned home on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Tweed and daughter, Nancy, will return to I :-ij> , 1M i ;^P*L ;:!: U; 'j i J*. |:l, |i!;:: j;i U,|;::; j 1 ^ -mfc; JT" '-' v.i::::^B ; j i- ' :! | j;;: !i;: j; j'jjij i* k ! )! ' ! !: ;!;'" j j-i ; i ! ^ I ^ M |J ! f^''\ 1 5 j || I; :;:|vji|:j j:.': m' L.j.'| ; | !: I ^"N:': , ' i' ' ,!:! !'|' : , ;' [ j" 1 |Pf ' >.'.-;'X!'vl v\^AVi:ivrtri'i . ^-s.-.. ..*/. .'.wrA rot THI FIRST TtMl since last October, 1 operation, Michigan's Sen. Arthur Va ton office where he is shown as he m I eign policy maker was reported in ex< Western Carolina Baptist Confer. In Franklin Jan. 9 1 The Western North Carolina ; Baptist Pastors' conference will be held at the First Baptist church in Franklin Monday, Jan. 9, at 10:00 a. m. The program, will be as follows: \ Sutton, and family at Lake Juna- i luska. Mr. and Mrs. Carol Bryson and i daughter, Anna, of Rutherfordton have returned home after spend- ] ing several days during the holidays here with Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bryson, Jr. Mrs. Sam Rhea, who has been ] spending the past few months in J Chattanooga, Tenn., was a visitor in Sylva on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Whitt Davis 1 and daughter, Miss Nancy Davis, of Asheville spent the week-end with relatives here. ien In Need Forms of Al 11 The Her Phone 110 fuirements Will jtly and Satisfac i Is For Your Nex Sylva H< ting and Publish r THE S' ACK ON THE JOB ^I W'<"-f>-1| when he underwent a serious lung ndenberg returns to his Washing* et newsmen. The Republican for* :elient shape. (International) 10:00 a.m., Devotion; 10:15, business with Rev. S. L. Lamm, presiding. Program theme, "The New restament Church." 10:30, "It's Foundation" by Rev. D .D. Gross; 10:50, "Its Membership" by Rev. L. G. Elliott; 11:10, "Its Ordinances" by Rev. C. M. Warren; 11:30, 'Its Power" by Rev. J: Allen Morris; 11:50, "Its Mission" by Rev. W. C. Pipes; and 12:10, "Its TriumpM by Rev. Paul Nix. Lunch will be served by the host church at 12:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Terrell returned to Atlanta Sunday after spending Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Terrell and Mr .and Mrs. J. E. Barrett. Bobby Terrell returned Tuesday to Asheville after spending the holiday season here. 1 of I I Kinds I aid I Be Filled I /v I t Job I ?rald I I ling I Jk ifLVA HERALD AND RUR. THE YEAR IN RELIGION Latest available statistics, which are for 1948, show that church members are 53.3 percent of the population of the United States. The distribution is practically unchanged?60 perecent Protestant, 33 percent Roman Catholic, 6 percent Jewish. The percentage increase was a little more than for the previous year?Protestant, 2.98 percent; Roman Catholic, 3.09 percent. ! The most striking religious statistics are those released in the World Christian Handbook showing figures for communicant memberships and for what is called the ?- ?? i _ v~nri5uan cuiiuuuuiucs 1x1 nuuChristian countries since 1925. In most areas, both of these have been multiplied by a factor of from 4 to 10, and in some places by much more than that. Even if, as seems possible, some error has crept in through taking too low a figure for the base year, the growth during thi^ quarter-century of modern missionary work has been speciacular, in spit of the aftermath of one world war and the desolating impact of another. Outside of Europe and America, the most significant aspect of World Christianity is the develop H! ? _ i I i ai ume-nomes i i ALASKA PlnkSalm HI - C DELICIOUS Orangeade HARD WHEAT KANSAS G FLOUR ROSE ROYAL (Dress Print I FLOUR . 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Mr. Joe Messer, President of the Singing Convention, announces that the Singing will begin around 3:00 P.M. Every one is urged to attend these meetings. (Note the Sunday School Meeting is starting at 2:00 instead of 2:30). Try to have your church represented. ? C 4Ua ? I ?> lucui ui me yuuuger t-nurcnes. I Indicative of this was the meeting of delegates from the Christian Councils of India, Burma, Ceylon, Indonesia, Japan, China, the Philippines, Siam, Australia and New Zealand, recently held at Bangkok. In the United States, the year has been marked by "advance movements" and "crusades" conducted by many denominations separately and by co-operative fenratr-WeHavettT) \f VCayrV i fljMF 'JSHJy fWWBH Everyday Low Prices TALL CAN on 39c 44 OUNCE CAN & 27c OLD (S?lf Rising) 25 LB. BAG log) SO POUND BAG . . 3.27 3 PRIED FRUITS * Del Monte (Medium) 1 lb. Pkg. , PRUNES . . 22c h Del Monte (Large) 2 lb. Pkg. ' PRUNES . . 47c r D. Monte ( Extra Large) I lb Pkg . 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October saw the launching of a fifteen-months United Evangelistic Advance, sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches with its twenty-seven members denominations (and some others co-operating), the International Council of Religious Education, the United Council of Church Won?en, and the Home Missions Council. If this campaign succeeds inactivating 100,000 'churcnes to evangelistic effort, as pi tinned it will make history for 1950; but the initiation of it is part of the record of 1949. f "QUALITY TEW | Frying C I DRESSED ft |L f DRAWN |Da t BEEF SHORT RIB |VEAL BREAST . % mm at it Teiiow Band witn I SLICED Ec< | SMOKED HAM II I Armour Star Sliced Baked ? ( BAR-B-Q HAM I | lb. 79c I -DRIED I FACTORY PACKED IN SAI &AVY BEANS. . BABY LIMA BEAI iELLOW EYE BE 2L3SKEYE PEAS LA88E LIMA BEAI PINTO BEANS . . Great Northern Bet CALIF. PEA BEftl JOLLY TIME POP CORN . . . SUNSHINE HI HO CRACKERS OLD VIRGINIA APPLE BUTTER . PILLSBURY HOT ROLL MIX . VAN CAMP'S KAinU A KPlHit rusn a sun DSEFT \"j;h iuj ^owder Lg Pkg 27c IID E Washing Powde? Lg Pkg. lie mBMB Thursday, Jan. 5, 1950 rr'~ BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Andrews | announce the birth of a daughter, / Denissa, on Jan. 1 in Mercy hos[ pital, Charlotte. Mrs. Andrews is the former Miss Barbara Dillard of Sylva. .j BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. John R. Womack have announced the birth of a son, John William, on Monday, Dec, 19, at City Hospital, WinstonSalem. Mr. Womack, formerly of Sylva, is the son of Mr. and Mrs* W. G. Womack. Sylva PTA To Meet Mrs. Dan K. Moore, president of Sylva Parent-Teacher Association has announced that the organization will meet in the elementary auditorium next Tuesday evening at 7:45. The program will center around the part music plays in our schools. Miss Jean Barrett will talk on the music program and her students, along with those of Nell Johnson, will renderf a musical program. Too Late To Classify ? WANTED TO RENT ? 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