Bryson City News
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1. No. 13. Bryson City, N. C., Thursday, February 13, 1936
Business Concerns
Donate Book Covers
^ The merchants and others en
gaged in business inBrysonCity
paid the expense and The Bry
a<m City News did the work in
famishing 10.000 book covers
f&r the library, Their names
appear on the covers and were
carried in !ast week's News,
Frank R. DeHart
Dies of Pneumonia
On Monday mining at 11:00
o'clock Frank Robert DeHart
of Jackson Line community
died of pneumonia. He was
active in church and Sunday
achool work, a member of the
*'*^act:son Line Baptist church.
He held the ofHce of deacon,
/and was especially interested
in the young people of the com
munity. He taught a class of
junior boys for quite a while
Three years ago he organized a
Baptist Young Peoples' Union
in the church andiserved as its
president. He served as vice
president of the B.Y.P.U. in
the Tennessee River Baptist
Association. He was recently
elected president of the DeHart
Family Association.
For several years Mr. DeHart
was identified with the Welfare
work in Swain county and
served as case worker and as
signment cierk.
He married Miss Myrtle
Duckett, of Cherokee, ten yoars
ago. To this union was born
one daughter. Frankie Lee
Survfving him are the widow,
the daughter, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John T. DeHart, six
brothers, Wili, Fred. Claude,
Dan, Kermit, of Bryson City,
and Ebb, of Olympia, Wash.,
and three sisters, Mary Sue De
Hart, Mrs. Belie Weeks. Pry
son City, and Mrs. Virgie Elier
of Hayesvilie
Funeral services were held
at the Jackson Line church and
interment in the DeHart ceme
tery at 2:30 Tuesday vtith Rev.
T. F. Dietz, of Beta, pastor of
the church ofHciating and as
sisted by Rev. Byron Shankle.
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The Lord s Acre Program
This Movement Was Launched in Swain Co.,
in March, 1935, and Has Proved a Success
During the year 1935 a num
ber of churches in this county
put on theLord'sAcre program.
This movement was launched
on the first Sunday in March at
the Swpin County Sunday
School conventton after an ad
dress by Mr. James G. K. Mc
Clure, of Asheville. Below is
given the names of some of the
churches where the program
was carried out with the num
ber of individuals and the
amounts contributed:
Church No.Persons Amount
Alarkh 74 $ 80.40
Arlington 34 ^ 70 67
Ela , 11 113 62
Cold Springs 24 83.84 i
Franklin Grove 46 47.25!
Forney 15 11.89
Mt. Zion 60 91.00
Bryson City 8 30.00
Increased attendance in Sun
day Schoeljyap recorded in ev
ry one of^these cnurches.
in Bryson City a class of
boys rented a !ot and planted
potatoes. The result speaks
for itself.
In many communities the wo
men gave their Sunday eggs
and realized almost enough to
pay for the titerature for the
Sunday School.
It is hoped that every church
m the county wilt undertake
this program during this year.
The ministers who enlist the
churches in this worthy under
taking will render a lasting
service.
Notice of a meeting to pro
mote this program appears in
this paper. Do not miss this
meeting.
pastor Bryson City Methodist
Church,, and Rev. W. L. Bu
chanan,
Pal! bearers were Humphrey
P. Browning. Coburn DaHart,
Wiltard Martm, Harrison Seay,
Baxter C. Jones, Ratph DeHart
Jack DeHart, and John Bren
dle.
Prizes to 4-H
Club Members
in order to promote interest
in a continuous program of ach
ievement in al! phases of 4-H
C!ub work, the Chilean Nitrate
Educations! Bureau, offers:
State Award—A 4-year agri
cultural scho!arship(vaiue$350)
to the N. C. State College to
the Club boy selected as the
most outstanding Ciub member
in the state in 1936
County Award—A scholar
ship to the State 4 H Short
Course to the Club boy selected
as the most outstanding Club
member in each county.
The Agricultural Develop
ment Bureau of th^ Barrett Co.,
distributors of "Arcadian, the
American nitrate of soda/' of
fer the following pnzes to N.C.
4-H Club members for the year
1936.
County Prize—A wrist watch
to the county winner.
District Prize—A one year
scholarship to the N. C. State
College covering the cost of
tuition (value $80 )
State Prize—A f o u r-year
scholarship to the N. C. State
college covering cost of tuition
for a period of four years (val
ue $320.)
The basis on which these
awards wtll be given will be
announced at a later date.
Dr. James T. Gillispie, De
catur. Ala., filled his regular
appointment in the pulpit of
the Presbyterian church last
Sunday.
8. L. Gibson is on the sick
this week.
4-H Club Council Meet
ing at Court House
Saturday, Feb. 15, at 10 a. m.;
Miss Ruth Current wi!i meet
with the Swain County 4-H
Club Council at the court house.
We not only expect a)! the ofR*
cers from all the clubs to be
present at this time but many
of the club members as well,
or any one else who cares to
attend. Miss Current is dts
trict agent in woman's work in
the southeastern district in
this state.
Ex-Vice President
(has. Curtis Dead
On Saturday, Feb. 8. Charies
Curtis, 76, Vice President un
der Herbert Hoover, died in
Washington of a heart attack.
Curtis was born on a farm
near Topeka, Kas. Soon after
his birth his mother, who was
a descendant of a Kaw Indian
chief, died, and young Charles
was sent to live with his grand
mother, a Kaw Indian. Curtis
himseif was one-eighth Kaw
Indian.
He lived among the Indians
until he was 15, then he went
to schoo!, paying his own way
by working as a hack driver.
He loved hordes 'and spent a
a year or so as jockey.
He studied law, supporting
himself by driving a hack, and
soon became county prosecut
or. Gaining popularity as pro
secutor, he was soon elected to
Congress. Serving in the
House of Representatives and
in the Senate, he made for
hims&lf quite a reputation. In
1928 he was elected Vtce Presi
dent with Hoover. After his
term as Vice President ended
he resided in Washington until
his death.
Curtis was the only man of
Indian blood ever to be elected
to such an high ofHce as Vice
President. From an Indian
tepee he scaled the heights of
American public ofHce. His
achievements show the possi
bilities open before an Ameri
can boy who has brains and
ambition.