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Content Description The Sylva Garden Club is a non-profit, educational, and philanthropic organization in Sylva, North Carolina, open to all who have an interest in gardening. It was organized June 1959. Mildred Thutt was elected as the first president. A group of twenty women began with the beautification of the grounds around the Jackson County Health Department, located, at that time, on Ridgeway Street. In addition, they involved themselves in road-side clean-up and the planting of bulbs and dogwood trees...

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For additional information, see the main entry description for WNCAC under MSS 80-12.

Scope and Contents The Young Adult Conservation Corps of the Blue Ridge Parkway was started in 1977 under the administration of President Jimmy Carter to offer young people a year's work in the outdoors. Camp 2172 of the Blue Ridge Parkway YACC was the first operating Corps in the nation, employing men and women ages 16-23. The young people worked alongside experienced personnel clearing fallen trees, draining wetlands, laying water lines, repairing rail fences and clearing drains on 469 miles of the...