Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-11-19
.nocRAM ARRANGED FOR
rHV' COMMUNITY SERVICE WEEK.
,,..+Oeu Five Minute Interesting Talks
arranged for Meeting at, Court
House, December 8.

Q.uuI|'
,5 in accordance with the procla-
Su "+;on of Governor Locke Craig,
I Db;ch will be found on another page
- the Democrat.
! I" Tho nrogram for the various schools
-.n be arranged by the communities
'sactpd, but that for the last day, Sat
ndov has been prepared for the en-
.sartainment of the whole county.
The last days program follows while
.ha+ for Thursday and Friday may be
sn1nd s elsewhere in the Democrat:
The Program.
Meeting called to order at court
house at 1O:3O o'clock, Rev. r. N.
Wilcox, presiding.
rive minute talks on the following
. subjects:
soIidation of School Districts, by Prof
", S. Shitle.
The Benefits of Farm Demonstration
Work, by Farm Demonstration E. L.
Perkins.
S. Pace.
The Benefits of County Commence
mpnt by Prof. r. A. Reed.
Greater Community of Interest and
ro-oneration Between City and COun-
tv bv Hon. w. A: Smith.
The Needs of Better Sanitation, by
nr, ". R. Kirk.
Do we Need a Whole Time County
Health officer and Why? by DR.. Guy
E. Dixon.
Developing our Agricultural Sec
tons by Substituting Diversifcation
for One-crop Methods, by Encouraging
Home-Ownership and by Getting More
White Settlers, by Harry M. Roberts.
Do we Need a County Farm-Life
School? by Prof. w. H. Gale.
Closer Cooperation of all Church
and Sunday School Forces for Moral
and Spiritual Progress, by Rev. R. N.
Wilcox.
Necessity for Developing our Live
Stock and Dairy Interests, by Hon.
Albert Cannon.
Needs of Woman's Betterment~ ~Asso-
cations in the City and County, by
Mrs. L. R. Barnwell
Abuses of City Ordinances, by Mrs.
Bessie L. Egerton.
Meeting of School Patrons.
Plans are making for a great obserV-
ance Of Community Service Week.
December 3, 4, 5, throughout the state.
To set the movement going every
where State Superintendent ]. Y. JOY
rer has sent notice to public school
teachers asking IlIenI 10 notify all
parents to attend parents
meeting to be held in each school
district, Friday, November 20,
at3:3Op. m. The object of this meet
ing is to make plans for the proper
observance of the three Community
Service Days. two weeks later
Public Roads, Grounds and Buildings
Day." December 8, School and Neigh
torhood Improvement Day." North
Carolina Day. December 4 the two
just mentioned to be observed in each
school district-and then a county
meeting at each county seat, County
Progress Day" December 5.
On Thursday, December 3, Public
Roads, Grounds. and Buildings Day,
the people are to meet in each school
district to do some physical work for
the Improvement of roads, school and
church buildings and grounds, ceme-
teTies, etc. They may work on the
roads, repair the church or school
house, clean off the cemetery or school
grounds, plant trees and shrubs, etc.,
ETC.
On Friday, December 4, the big day,
10 be observed as school and Neigh
porhOod Improvement Day. in every
public school from Currituck to Cher
oKee, the older people, as well as all
tneDoys and girls, are urged to meet
at every schoolhouse in all-day picnic
meetings, hear the reports of the local
survey, and discuss the following ten
topics
l. Report on rural census and dis
CussiOn of it.
q. Is our school term long enough?
L not, how can we lengthen it, and
get more teachers if needed?
8. Should we have more attention
gwen to agricultural, industrial and
uOmestic science subjects? Can we
loILn corn or canning club?
+ How can we improve school
nUuse and grounds? Do we need a
school farm?
D. Are the roads in the neighbor-
pOoo what they should be? If not,
NoW can we bette rthem?
20, How can we improve sanitary
lily?
I. How can we better encourage
lure o reading by young and old? How
o"n we get better school library and
rio Lure books and papers for older peo-
pc PIE! How can we help any illiterate
o'0"n people to learn to read?
20 0; How can our farmers cooperate
better advantage for raising home
Dapplles, better marketing, getting
rnT Tie livestock, better machinery, ru-
ato telephones, keeping cut of debt,
to. .: How can ewe get better get,
snot osner and pull-together spirit
Eottlg Eng all ouEpeople? Do we need
'er organization of farmers and