The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-30
Reconstruction and
Rehabilitation Are
$40 Year Program
Years Working
Scheme in the
County Is
Formed

The working committee unuel
the $40 Year Organized Farm
plan for Henderson county, and
the program committee for thu
coming year was announced this
morning. Members of the wom-
ems auxiliary committee will be
announced later by Miss Maude
Searcy, chairman of this commit
tee. G. D. White, vocational az
ricultural teacher, is general chair
man of the plan in the county for
the next IL months.
Members of the working COM
mittee are E. T. Frisbie, l.. H. Nc
Kay, o. B. Jones, o. E. Corpen-
ing, Mayor A. V. Edwards, Roy c.
Bennett. C. H. Magoon, Palmer
Kerr, d. P. Moss, E. V. Fowler,
T. E. Osborne and Noah Hollo-
well.
The program for the coming
year calls for the organization OF
strong community clubs in the
Mills River, Edneyville. Fruitland,
Upward and perhaps other COM
munities;
The organization of a subordi,
nate grange, which is the local
unit of the state and national or
ganization of The Grange.
1t also provides that major
stress be laid on the reconstruc'
ton and rehabilitation of the citi'
,s:ens of Henderson county, by thu
following methods:
/ The encouragement u. gard"
ing;
An appeal to farmers for seed
for the needy in growing super
vised gardens; =.
By an appeal for at least hal
an acre of land for gardening pur
poses for those not having grOunf
but who are being aided by wei
fare organizations;
By an appeal for the use of
teams and tools in exchange fol-
labor;
By an appeal to those having
ten or more acres to spare within
few miles of Hendersonville to
be used for gardening purposes
by the needy of the city;
BY an appeal to the state eX
tension forces to lend their un-
qualified support through the ser
vices of the county agent;
By appealing to the welfare
workers. the city and county au
thorities and those handling thu
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
| ton relief funds to provide trans
portation in conveying those re
ceiving welfare aid in the city t.
these public gardens for employ
ment. By appealing to the 81 Re-
Cross flour and cloth distributln,
committees to help further thi
program. By appealing to tn
! Hendersonville chapter of tn
American Red Cross to call on ma
tional authorities to petition con
gress to require the exchange o
labor by able bodied men for Re-
Cross -four and cloth;
By appealing to all welfare or
CARNATIONS to demand that thos'
receiving welfare aid cultivate
garden with the assurance that j
such is not done public relief vii
be withdrawn altogether or re
duced to the utmost minimum;
By calling on the citizenship ii
general to give it's fullest coop
Grafton in restoring broken dowl
pride. self-respect, self-relianc'
and morale. thereby checking tn
growing tendency toward lawless
ness in many communities. an'
otherwise helping with the restora
ton and rehabilitation of citizen!
to pride in industry, thrift ant
a self-supporting status.
Mr.. White, general chairman
and o. B. Jones. county agent, ap
peared before the 81 Red Cros
flour distributing committees OF
Saturday and received the en-
dorsement of the plan and thu
promise of aid in putting it int
effect.
A meeting of both the working
and auxiliary committees will b:
held at the city hall on Saturda!
morning at 10 o'clock.