The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
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/. Chairman OF Ashe
Children's u nil
Group OF Executives Of Save
The Children Fund Met With
Committee Here Sat.
PROGRAM OUTLINED


representing the Save the Children's
Fund, visited here asst Saturday and
discussed this humanitarian organi-
zation's proposed program for Ashe
county at a meeting of local work
ers, committee members and other
friends of the movement held at the
community house of the Save the
Children's fund here.
Following this discussion, which
was led by DR.. John r. Voris, presi-
dent and executive director of the
national organization, Rev. w. j.
Huneycutt was appointed chairman
of the Ashe county unit, Of which
Mrs. Sue White is director; Rev. R.
H. Stone, vice-chairman; Supt. J. B,
Hash, A. B. Hurt, Ed M. Anderson
and others were named as members
Of the local executive committee.
DR.. Voris, an outstanding Presby-
terian preacher, said that one Of the
main purposes of this great philan-
thropic movement that is carrying
on a program in the mountain re-
gion and southern states on behalf OF
children, is to arouse lead
ing local citizens and agencies to
the cause of "save the children.
Every agency in the community
should be directly connected with
this movement. This should include
all of the preachers, teachers, coun-
ty farm agent, welfare department,
WPA, NYA, American Legion, Wom-
ans club, Rotary club, and so on,
he said.
"The secondary function of our
organization is to help provide some
funds and furnish trained workers
to assist with the program, he ex-
planned.
The organization is vitality inter-
ested in helping provide books for
schools that do not have libraries,
establishing hot luRch rooms so that
the children may get warm, nour-
ishing food and of promoting COM
centers for the adults as
well as children.
DR.. Voris praised the work the
WPA in connection with lunch
rooms for the central schools and
said that this program should be
carried into the one and two-teach-
er schools, too. Among other things,
he said that it would be a great
health protector.
The organization has thousands of
books available for school libraries,
he said and suggested that teachers
place orders through Mrs. White or
the county Superintendent Office.
Instead of tearing down school
buildings that have been discard
ed as a result of the consolidation
program, he urged that they be
turned into community centers
where citizens of the community
would gather at least once month
for recreation, farm discussions,
singing, spelling matches, and so on.
He also outlined the organiZation's
proposed program for the establish
ment of three community demon
stration school projects in the coun-
ty. Andy Black, teacher at Toliv-
er; G. A. Miller, of Buffalo and the
Obids teacher were present and said
they would like for their schools to
be designated as demonstration
schools. Other applications have al
so been placed and the decision was
deferred to Supt. ]. B. Hash and the
committee.
With DR.. Voris were DR.. S. J..
Crumbine, who was director of the
National Child Health Association
for IL years; Nicolas Lemtugov, as
sociate executive officer of the fund
and B. c. Pond, metropolitan repre-
sentative.