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VOL. LIV, NO. 15
FRANKLIN. N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1339
$1.50 PER YEAR
131 PROMOTED
TO HIGHSCHOOL
List Of Those Passing 7th
Grade Examination:
On March 25
As a result' of the seventh grade
tests given in Franklin on March
25, 131 pupils passed and were pro
moted to high school. '
Following will be found a list .ol
those who passed at the examina
tion held in Franklin. This does
not include Highlands and Otter
Creek, which have not been re
ceived :
Franklin
Kay Moffitt, Louise Pendergrass,
Betty Horsley, Edna Lucile Talent,
Louise Williams, Victor Cataway,
Freda Mae Hall, Allen Archie
Angel, Jr., K. C. Kay, John Ken
neth Keece, Eleanor Ann Easton,
George W. Clouse, -Clell Taft Bry
ant, Mary Frances Page, Charles
Edward Russell, Barbara Mae Stock
ton, Delbert Jackson Angel, Mary
Margaret Davis, Dorothy Nell Scott,
John Allen Higdon, Keba Aldia
Sawyer, Fred Wesley Saunders,
Ruby Alhe Baldwin, Margaret Kath
leen McCall, Betty Mae Johnson,
Sallie Lou Moore, Howard Myers,
Ellen Elizabeth McCall, Jack D.
Cabet Kay Swaford, Margie Blum
en thai, Nathaniel Macon, Annie
Byrd Bradley, Paul Lee Plemmoris,
Sallie Sue Mincey, Fred Johnston
Houk, James Patrick Norton, Jr.,
Lillian Rebecca Culver, Georgia
Elizabeth Thompson, Sol Sanders,
Edith Arrie Sanders, Minilla Lo
rena Rogers, Victor Horn Perry,
-Virginia McGee.
' Academy
Hillard Leslie McCall, Walter
Frank Thomas.
Allium-Watt.
Eula Waldroop, Glenn Marshall
Nichols, Leona E. Southard, Bea
trice Irene Beck. .
Burnincteiwn
Lois Marie Smith, James Younce,
Kenneth Welch, Edith Faye Waters.
Buck Creek
Mildred Arlecy Barnes.
Clarkt Chapel
Sarah Josephine Jennings,' Alva
Milbunr Fish, Sarah Belle Dowdle,
Edgar Guf fey, Mavis Jane Ash.
Cowee
Mary Alice Rickman, Eugene Tal
lent, Anna Lois Tallent.
Gold Min
Homer Green McCoy, Albert
Eugene Southard, Roberta Keener,
Hazel ' Dendy, Robert Fulton: t
" Hickory Knoll
Sue D,ell Kimsey, V. A. Ramey,
Catherine Marietta Young, Harrel
Clifton Hoglen, Welton. Roberts,
Frederick John Cunningham, Hoyt
Rimer Penland.
Oak Ridge
George Grady Thompson, Louise
Shiddles, Beatrice Elizabeth Angel,
Clyde Sanders, Furman Lon Thomp
son. .
Otto
Mary Helen Vinson, Lotis Bessie
Bradley, Margaret Pearl Corbin,
Lucille Evamae Vinson, Calvin C.
Henson.
Pine Grove
Win f red Gregory, Laurabelle Mor
gan, Betty Sue Tilson, Gladys
Madge Potts, Earnest Royall Dills,
Blanche McCoy.
Watauga
Ruby Christine Boeco, Hazel Mae
Morgan.
Union
Etrulia Lorine Nichols, Dover
(Continued on Page Four)
BIBLE CLASS TO MEET
WITH MRS. W. T. MOORE
The F. S. Johnston Bible Class
of the Franklin Methodist church
will meet at the home of Mrs. W.
T. Moore on Thursday afternoon
April 20, for the regular monthly
meeting. Assisting in entertaining
will be Mrs. W. W. McCbnnell and
Mrs. Charlie Stiles. All members
are requested to attend. " "
Minister Dies
REV. ALLEN A. ANGEL
REV. A. A. ANGEL
DIES TUESDAY
Beloved Minister Passes
At Hospital After
Short Illness
The Rev. Allen Archie Angel, 48,
died in Angel hospital Tuesday
night at 11:30 o'clock after a
three-day illness.
Mr. Angel was a well-known
minister of the Methodist church.
He was converted at 16 and was
licensed to preach at 23. In 1916
he entered Rutherford- college,
studying there four years in prepa
ration for the ministry. He became
a member of the Western North
Carolina conference, serving various
churches during a period of eight
years. In 1931 he retired from pas
toral work, due to ill health, and
entered evangelistic wOrk in Ma
con and adjoining counties, being
instrumental in the erection of
Friendship tabernacle here. He
planned it as a meeting place each
year for a county-wide interdenomi
national revival, and the tabernacle
has been a power for good in the
community.
Mr. Angel was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. George Angel, of
Prentiss, Macon county. He was.
born July 25, 1890, and was a
member of the Methodist church in
Franklin.
He is survived by his widow,
who was. Miss Eldora Ramey ; five
sons, Herbert, Ralph, Elbert, Hard
ing, and Allen, Jr., all of Franklin;
two brothers, Lon Angel, of Con
nally Springs, and Thomas Angel,
of Franklin Route 1, and two sis
ters, Mrs. Zeb Sanders, of Preiv
ti&s, and Mrs. Babe Collier, of
Central, S. C.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Franklin Methodist church
this (Thursday) morning at 10:30
o'clock. The Rev. I. L. Roberts, the
pastor, was in charge, assisted by
the Rev. C. F. Rogers, pastor of
the Franklin Baptist church; the
Rev. J. A. Flanagan, pastor of the
Franklin Presbyterian church; the
Rev. Frank Bloxham, rector of St.
Agnes Episcopal church here ; the
Rev. J. C. Swaim, pastor of the
Macon circuit; the Rev. Harry S.4
Williams, pastor of the Franklin
circuit, and the Rev. M. F. Hen
shaw, of Rutherford college.
Pallbearers were: J. S. Conley,
H..W. Cabe, Dr. W. E. Furr, Lee
Poindexter, H. T. Sloan and T. W.
Porter.
The funeral was attended by such
a great number of Mr. Angel's
friends from Franklin and over the
county that the church would not
contain the assemblage, and there
were many beautiful floral offer
ings. Keno Party At Slagle
School April 14
A Keno party will be held at the
Slagle school house on Friday eve
ning, April 14, at 7:30.
DEATH CLAIMS
CHASOOIVDLE
Leading Citizen Passes
Saturday, April 8
At Prentiss
Charley Wellington Dowdle, 79,
died at his home at Prentiss at 4
o'clock Saturday afternoon follow
ing an illness of six weeks due to
jaundice and complications. .
He was the son of the late Ezek
iel and Matilda Wykle Dowdle,
pioneer settlers of this county.
A staunch Democrat, he was for
.several years chairman of the Ma
con county board of education. He
was a farmer and a member of the
Union Methodist church and for
some time was a member of the
church's ioard of stewards.
In 1884 Mr. Dowdle married Miss
Ida Patton, of Macon county, who
died in 1934.
The funeral services were held at
the Union Methodist church near
Fentiss Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock. The pastor, the Rev. J. C.
Swaim, officiated, assisted by the
Rev I. L. Roberts, pastor of the
Franklin Methodist church, and the
Kev. Van. B. Harrison, pastor of
the Methodist church of Murphy.
Pallbearers were two sons, Thad
and E; A. Dowdle; a son-in-law,
R. G. Beshears, and three grand
sons, Charles and Nick Hunter, and
C. N. Dowdle.
The large concourse of people
present at the funeral and the pro
fusion of beautiful floral, offerings
attested the high esteem in which
Mr. Dowdle was held by the people
of - Franklin and Macon - county.
Surviving are three daughters, M rs.
Pearl Hunter, of Prentiss; Mrs. R.
G. Beshears and Mrs. E. W. Long,
of Franklin; three sons, Thad, of
Franklin Route 2, and Mark L. and
E. A. Dowdle, of Franklin ; 12 grand
children, and three great-grandchildren.
Father Son Banquet
Held Saturday Night
The agriculture students of the
Franklin high school were hosts to
their dads at a father and son
banquet, held in the Franklin high
school auditorium, Saturday night,
April 7, at 8 o'clock.
Covers were laid for over 100
and the girls of the home econom
ics department served a meal of
seven courses. Raymond Culver pre
sided and Alex Arnold acted as
toastmaster.
Mr. Glazner, county agent in
Transylvania county, was the chief
speaker of the evening.
Citizens To View CCC
Activities April 19
On Wednesday, April 12, the for
est service showed three talking
moving pictures to the Franklin
Rotary club. These pictures de
picted the work of the forest ser
vice throughout the United States
and especially recreation and forest
fire prevention.
Since the 6th 'anniversary of the
CCC camps was this week it was
decided to get a committee of three
Rotarians who would scout Frank
lin and get a list of all persons who
wished to view CCC activities at
Coweeta Camp F-23. On next Wed
nesday, April 19, those who wish to
go will leave from the American
Legion Hall at t o'clock for Co
weeta. All those wishing to go should
give their names to Charlie Russell,
John Cunningham and Billie Sloan.
Transportation will be furnished
by tfie Nantahala Forest for all
those who do not have transporta
tion available. ,
"Uncle Dave Macon To
Appear In Highlands
"Uncle Dave" Macon with his
son, Dorris, the "Dixie Dewdrop,"
and company will appear at the
Highlands School Theatre on next
Monday night, April 17r for the
benefit of the Boy Scouts,'
Superintendent
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CURTIS PRICE
Who Has Been Elected as Super
intendent of Macon County Schools
Funeral Held Friday v
For M. F. Ledbetter
Funeral services for Marcus Fin
ley Ledbetter, 70, who died at his
home on Franklin Route 1, Tues
day afternoon at 1 :30 o'clock, were
held Friday afternoon at the Car
son Chapel Methodist church. The
Rev. C. F. Rogers, pastor of the
Franklin Baptist church, officiated,
assisted by the Kev, J. C. Swaim,
pastor of .the Macon Methodist cir
cuit. Burial was in the church cem
etery. Death was caused by pneu
monia following two weeks' illness.
The pallbearers were: Thomas
C, Horace P., William C. and
Robert C. Ledbetter, four brothers
and W. C, Jr. and A. P. Ledbetter,
two nephews.
Surviving are his widow; three
sons, Robert, of Prentiss, and Law
rence and Vincent, of Franklin
Route 1 ; one daughter, Miss Grace
Ledbetter, of Franklin Route 1 ;
three sisters, Mrs. Susie Ervin, of
Waynesville Route 1; Mrs.' Addie
Wells, of Canton Route 2; and Mrs.
Maggie Rhodes, of Lyman, Wash.,
and five brothers, Thomas C, of
Cullowhee; Horace P., of Canton
Route 2; William - C," of Franklin
Route 2; Jake, of Lyman, Wash.,
and Robert C. Ledbetter, of Canton
Route 2.
Lime Available To
Macon Farmers
On March 23, letters were mailed
to the farmers of Macon county,
announcing the fact that lime had
been made available to them
through the Soil Conservation Pro
gram. Since this announcement was
made, orders have been taken at
the county agent s office for ap
proximately 1500 tons of lime. This
means that orders for nearly 25
car loads of lime have been taken
in less than 20 days, or more than
on car per day.
This lime is being secured for the
farmers who are taking part in the
Soil Conservation Program for $2
per ton. The farmer does not have
to put up this money. The money
is taken out of the maximum pay
ment that is set up for this farm
for the year 1939. The farmer can
take 90 per cent of this payment
in lime or phosphate.
Two Boys Bound Over
On Robbery Charge
Johnny Moore and Ted West,
young Franklin men, were bound
over to the June term of Jackson
county superior court at a hearing
in Sylva on bank robbery charges
Tuesday afternoon before John
Morris, justice of the peace.
Bond for West was set at $2,000.
Unable to post it, he was remanded
to the county jail. No bond was set
for Moore, who also was returned
to the jail.
Moore, taking the stand, testified
West was innocent of the crime.
He said he alone planned it.
Both men are charged with the
robbery of the Jackson County
bank in Sylva on Monday after
noon, April 3,
SCHOOL WILL
CLOSE APR. 21
Exercises Will Be Held
On Wednesday And
Friday Nights
Closing exercises for the Frank
lin schools will be held on Wed
nesday and Friday nights of next
week. .
On Wednesday evening, April 19,
at 8 o'clock, Dr. Milner,' president
of Guilford College, will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon at the
high school auditorium.
Friday evening at 8 o'clock
the graduating exercises will be
held, and Col. J. M. Broughton,
prominent attorney of Ralegh, will
deliver the commencement address.
Dorothy Lee Morrison is valedic
torian and Doris Corbin is saluta
torian of the graduating class. Sue
Williams and George Wells are the
mascots.
Balfour honor medals were won
by the following:
Art George Erwin Patton.
Athletics Charles Hunnicutt.
Debate Ella Moore, Eugene Furr
and Wilson Ledford.
Dramatics Dorothy Lee Morri
son.
Journalism George' Erwin Patton.
Scholarship Dorothy Lee Morri
son. Following are the candidates for
graduation, subject to the final ex
aminations to be held 'next Wed
nesday and Thursday :
Annie Helen Browning, Mae Belle
Conley, Louise Elizabeth Blaine,
Reta Helen Cunningham, Elsie Mae
Farmer, Gladys Hazel Guest, Sarah
Fredericka Hall, Lillian Maud Jones,
Eddis Margie Holden, Kate Mae
Hurst, Betty Lucille Hall, Ethel
Carolyn Keener, Agnes. Lynette
Martin, Kate Ora Moffitt, Edith
Lucy Morgan, Lillian Ruth Nichols,
Mattie Pearl Raiby, Trixie Lee Ro
land, Mildred Rebecca Roper, Mary
Jo Setser, Irene Hazel Smith, Etta
jane Manlield, Louise Elizabeth
Waldroop, Lucy Mae Welch, Eliza
beth Mae Vinson, Charlotte Inez
Poindexter, George Gus Baldwin,
Edwin Judson Bradley, William
Lloyd Corbin, Fred Siler Dowdle,
Walter Eugene Furr, Bert Mozeley
Hall, James Cecil Jacobs, William
Lee Keener, Wilson Marion Led
ford, William Vergil Meadows, Mit
chell Sherman McCoy,' James Ral
eigh Norris, Charles Ralford Owens,
George Erwin Patton, Mack Slagle
Patton, James Max Raby, Albert
Lyle Ramsey, Carlyle Shepherd,
Kenneth Long Young, Thomas
Jackson Talley, Fannie Burr Ben
nett, Hazel Betty Bradley, Hallie
Estena Cabe, Bertha Marea Cabe,
Elizabeth Ann Cabe, tyary Ruth
Cabe, Esta Mae Childers, Doris Ar
lenia Corbin, Selma Edith Cunning
ham, Eugenia Hawkins Duncan,
Hazel Edna Duvall, Osceola Lewis,
Bertha Geo Lowe, Connie Eliza
beth Mason, Dorothy Lee Morri
son, Modelle Leota Roberson, Mar
gie Elizabeth Rochester, Marie Es
tona Scott,. Virginia Mae Tessier,
Mildred Louise Waldroop, Brown
low Addington, Robert Lafayette
Byrd, Frank Lane Bryson, Thomas
Corbin, Turner Boyd DeHart, Frank
Fleming, Jr., Lyman Clayton Hie-
don, Harry Siler Higgins, Charles
Richardson Hunnicutt, Zeb Mead
ows, Monroe Carl Nelson, Joseph
Harrington Pattillo, Julian M. Pol
iakoff, J. Harold Edward Roper,
Charles Elbin Setser, George Sel
lars, John Carl Shope, John Rob
ert Slagle, William Walden Wilkie,
John Sloan Tessier, Hershel Hen
son, Edith Alice Cabe.
P.-T. A. TO HOLD
MEETING ON APRIL APRIL 17
The Franklin Parent-Teacher
Association will hold the last meet-
ine of the vear on Mondav after
noon, April 17, at 3:30 o'clock in
the high school auditorium, it has
been announced bv Mrs. Tohn
Wasilik, J,r.