Macon Highway Safety
Record for 19J>S to Date
(Pram Stttt Highway Patrol records)
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. A clean town suggests the
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So does a t? an that's dirty.
VOL. LXIII? NO. 20
FRANKLIN. N C.. THURSDAY. MAY 13, 1948
TWELVE PAGES
CAR INSPECTION
LANE WILL OPEN
HERE MONDAY
Will Be Situated At Foot
Of West Main Street
Town Hill
A mechanical Inspection lane
for moior vehicles will open in
Franklin next Monday, and will
be here through May 25, it was
announced this week by C. P.
Sawyer, lane supervisor tor
District No. X.
The Franklin lane will be sit
uated at the foot of the West
Main street town hill, and that
section of West Main street be
tween the Log Cabin building
and the old Georgia road win
be blocked off from traffic, ex
cept for vehicles entering the
lane and for persons who live
on that section of Main street.
The lane will be open the first
day, it was explained, for ve
hicles owned by the state, the
county, and towns. Oarage own
ers and mechanics also are in
vited to attend the opening day.
The lane will be open Tuesday
and thereafter to the public. It
will be open all day Monday j
through Friday, and until noon
on Saturday.
The driver of every vehicle
coming to the lane for inspec
tion must have his driver's li
cense and the registration card
for his vehicle, it was pointed
out.
Vehicles approved will be giv
en a blue North Carolina-shap
ed stickers. Those rejected will
be issued red stickers, and will
be given a fixed time within
which to have the necessary re
pairs made and return for re
check.
Mr. Sawyer and four inspect
ors San ford E. Mann, of
Franklin, Bruce Lunsford, of
Murphy, Ed Patterson, of Hayes
ville, and J. B. Powell, of Bry
son City? will make
tions, and it was said inat they
will Inspect an average of one
vehicle every five minutes.
Under the mechanical inspec
tion program, every motor ve
hicle registered in North Caro
lina must be inspected during
1948
Boy, 4, Fatally
Injured When Gas
.Explodes At Home
Dwlght Quince Hedden, four
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Q. Hedden of Norton,
Jackson county, died, last Fri
day as 'the result of a gosoline
explosion in his home. The ac
cident happened at 9 a. m. Fri
day morning. He was rushed to
a hospital, where he died at 3
o'clock that afternoon.
1 '
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the fUes of The Press)
^ ~ ?
JO years ago this week
The Press received another
new Monarch bicycle the other
day and sold it to Thos. John
ston. The Press is agent ofr
these fine wheels and can give
excellent terms.
Mr. C. A. Bryson took from
his trap ytjteruay u &au..oa
Inches in letigtu anj lO/j p-junas
in weight. ?
W. T. Potts and wife, of
Highlands, but fonnerly of this
town, weie shaking hands with
their many friends here this
week.
25 YEARS AGO
The Highlands bank is the
latest banking enterprise for
this section of our mountain
country, the institution having
opened its doors lor business on
April 20th. It will be interesting
to note that James R. Sullivan,
of the Westminster bank, is
president of the new institution,
with J Q. Plerson, of Highlands,
as vice-president, and S. T. Ma
rett, of Atlanta, at cashier.
10 TEARS K GO
As a courtesy to Mrs. Henry
W. Cabe, In appreciation of the
splendid service she has render
ed the Franklin Methodist
church as organist and director
of the choir, members of the
choir, the F. 8. Johnston Bible
class, and ? few Individual
members presented to her Sun
day a necklace, the stone being
a Macon county rhodolite taken
from the mine* on Maion
br?n?h,
Macon Y outh Wins T op Score
At 28-County Judging Meet;
Franklin FFA Team Second
Bo Setser, 15-year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Setser, of
the Cartoogechaye community,
came back home from the reg
ional livestock judging cantest
in Statesviile last Saturday
bringing the top honors with
him.
Competing against 47 Future j
.Farmers- of Ameijca, entered
from 28 Western counties, the
Cartoogechaye youngster made
the highest score.
The Franklin judging team,
made up of Setser, Bob Tippett,
and Foy pryman, placed sec
ond. in the contest. Young Tip
pett is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar 'Tippett, and Dryman is
the son of Mrs. Belle Dryman
By making the second high
mark, the Franklin team, along
with the group in first place,
Wm. J, Berry,
75, Is Dead At
Gneiss Home
William J. Berry, 76, died at
his home in the Walnut Creek
section yesterday (Wednesday)
morning at 8:30 following an
illness of about six months
A member of the Holly Springs
Baptist church and a prominent
farmer, v Mr. Berry was a well
known citizen in his commun
ity.
Funeral services will be held
this (Thufsday) afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Holly Springs
Baptist church, with the Rev
Frank Holland conducting the
service. Burial will follow in the j
church cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers will be
Gus Hedden, Everett Hedden, i
Ernest Hedden, Alfred Ledford,
Elbert Hedden,.
Mr. Berry is survived by his
widow, the former Miss Gertrude
Coggins; four sons. Bill, W. J.,
W. A. aim William J., Jr., all
of Gneiss; seven daughters, j
Mrs. Lora Hedden, of Canton, j
Mrs. Edlay Pruett, of Gneiss, j
Mrs. Marie Hedden, of Canton, 1
Mrs. Elmira Hedden, of Gneiss,
and Misses Mattie, Martha, and
Virginia Berry, all of the home;
one brother, L. A. Berry oil
Franklin, Route 4; and one sis
ter, Mrs. Martha Angel, of |
Franklin.
Funeral arrangements will be j
directed by the Bryant funeral .
home. v I
WILL GIVE MINSTREL
The PTA-sponsored minstrel
show, to be staged by the Pal's I
Club of Marion, will be present
ed at 3 and 8 p. m. Saturday
at the courthouse.
w'on the right to represent the
region in the state content in
Raleigh in June. The 'Raleigh
competition will detirmine
who will represent the state in
the national contest in Kansas
City next fall.
Hereford cows, fat steers, and
Hampshire hogs made up the
classes of Aitaals that were
judged by the Franklin team.
E. J. Whitmire, vocational agri
culture teacher at the Franklin
High school, coached the local
team and went to Statesville
with the three boys
It was the second win within
a fortnight fpr the Macon Coun
ty boys. They won the right to
enter the regional contest when
the team placed first in the
area contest at Waynesville
May 1,
PRESBYTERIANS
RESUME WORK
The Franklin Presbyterian
church, with a membership of
only about 100, is engaged on
a building project that is ex
pected to cost a minimum of
$12,000- -quite possibly consider
ably more *than that.
Under the leadership of the
pastor, the Rev Hoyt Evans,
the church has begun construc
tion of a. T-shaped addition at
the north end of the present
? Continued on Page Eight
First Graders
To Give Program At Final
P. T. A. Meet Monday
A program by first graders
and the installation of new of
ficers will feature this school
year's final meeting of the
Franklin Parent-Teacher asso
ciation, to be held at the school
auditorium next Monday night
at 7:30 o'clock.
Both the program and the
devotional will be given by chil
dren of Miss Amy Henderson's
and Mrs. Lee Guffey's first
grade rooms.
The Rev. A Rufus Morgan, a j
former president of the associa- |
tion, will install the officers for
next year.
The new officers are: Mrs.
John Bulgin, president; Mrs. C.
N. Dowdle, vice-president; Mrl
Betty Alexander, secretary; and
S. W. Mendenhall, treasurer.
All 1947-48 committee chair
men are requested to -be pres
ent and prepared to present |
brief reports of the year's work
of their committees, Mrs. j
Weimar Jones, the president, |
said. i
DEMOCRATS TO
PICK CHAIRMAN
AT COUNTY MEET
New Executive Committee
Session, Convention Set
For Saturday
The Democratic chairman at
Macon County's 12 precincts,
elected at last Saturday s pre
cinct meetings, wilt* meet here
Saturday afternoon to organize,
with the election of a chairman
of the county's Democratic ex- !
ecutive committee expected to
be the chief item of business.
H. W. Cabe is the present coun
ty chairman.
Under the party's plan of or
ganization, the chairman of the
i various precincts make up the
county executive committee.
Trie executive committee's
meeting is scheduled to imme
diately precede the county Dem
ocratic convention, set 1 for 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon at |
the courthouse.
1 Delegates to the convention '
also were chosen at last Satur- j
day's precinct meetings. A maj
or feature of the convention will
be the election of delegates to
the state convention, to be held
in 'Raleigh May 20.
Meanwhile, with the May 29
primary only a little more than
two weeks away, candidates
seeking the Democratic nomi
LAST DAY TO REGISTER
Saturday, May 15, is the
last day on which persons
not registered may register
for the May 29 primary.
nations were entering the home
stretch of their primary cam
paigns.
Within the county, there are
only two contests:
Carl S. Slagle, and G. F.
Burrell, both of Franklin, Route
1, seek the nomination for rep
resentative.
And 14 Democrats are out for
the nominations ^or the five
seats on the county board of
education: Bob Sloan. Franklin,
Luther Jacobs, Aquone; Frank
B. Cook, Highlands, Mrs. Flor
ence S. Sherrill, Franklin, Route
1; C. uordon Moore, Franklin;
Clint May, Flats; Lee Mascrn,
Franklin, Route 3; Owen Am
nions, Route 4; J. M. Raby, :
Route 4; Mrs. Margaret Ord
way, Franklin; F: A. Edwards,
Highlands; E B. Byrd, Stiles;
Walter Gibson, Route 3; and
Frank Browning, Oak Grove. ]
WILL HOLD FOOL SALE ^
Members of the Senior Girl ;
Scout troop will hold a food
sale at the Nantahala Power 1
and Light company building '
Saturday Each scout is donate
ing Some article of food for the
event, which is to . raise money
for the troop's activities.
HEADS C. OF C.? B. L. Mc
Glamery is the new president of
the Franklin Chamber of Com
merce. lie and other officers
were elected at the first meeting
of the new hoard af directors
last week.
SAYS NO CHANGE
IN GRAZING RULE
Supervisor Writes Board,
Outlining F crest
Service Policy
Ever since the Standing In
dian Wildlife Management area
was established in 1938, grazing
on it has been restricted, and
no change has been made in
those restrictions, E. W. Ren
shaw, supervisor of the' Nanta
hala National Forest, has writ
ten the Board of County Com
missioners.
Mr. Renshaw's letter was in re
ply to a letter from the board
asking that "the area be open
ed and grazing of stock there
in permitted."
Mr. Renhsaw's letter points
out that the policy of the For
est Service calls for multiple use
of the national forests? timber,
water, wildlife, recreation, and
grazing; and adds that, to drop
the restrictions on grazing with
in the Standing Indian Wildlife
area now would have the effect ,
of the public's losing the wild
life value of the area, just as "it
is about ready to produce re-ii
suits".
The supervisor's letter follows:
"Standing Indian Wildlile
Management area was estab
lished in 1938. This area em
braces the upper Nantahala Riv
er and undoubtedly i^ the same
area as mentioned in your let
ter. Ever since this area was
dedicated for the management
3f fish and wildlife ten years ago ,
the grazing of livestock on it \
has been restricted. Local resi- ,
? Continued on Page Six '
84 IN SENIOR CLASS OF FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL? Pictured above are the 52 (ills and 22 boys who will be graduated from
the Franklin High school in excercises June 1.
In the foreground are the class mascots, Rebecca Grant, small daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B. P. Grant, Jr., and Billy Plyler,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Plyler.
Seniors, front row, left to right, are: Ruth McCoy, Joan Potts, Grace Ledford, Maxlne Renshaw, Leota Norris, Julia Hogsed,
Betty Sue Gray, Mary Setser, Daphne Duvall, Jewell Norton, Barbara Raby, Marie Jennings, Adeline Cunningham, Juanita Allen,
Betty Sue Angel, Ruth Angel, Ann Lyle, Tava McCoy, Grace Tallent, Ann Cabe, Lucille Kinsland, Barbara Childers, and Lavem
Gregory.
Second row, left to right: Maxlne Roten, Nelle Yotice, Mary Will Henson, Katiherine Purr, Mildred Deal, Hortei Moffitt, Bar
bara Conley, Bobetta Dean, Christine Gregory, Audrey Stewman, Ruby Elliot, Lucille Hannah, Frankie Crisp, Leila Ann Cabe,
Betty Ann Conley, Kathryn Ledford, Marie Shope, Betty Samderi, Agnee Dalton, France* Thomas, Maude Etchison, Joyce Huggins,
Joyce Klmsey.
Third row, left to rifhti Evelyn McCoy, Nancy Grant, Donrthy Rftby, Agnes Setser, Margaret Ledbetter, Dorothy Cunningham,
Cecil Kinsland, J. B. Snyder, Kelly Moses, Rase HUggins, Ralph Garland, Billy Kimsey, J. L. Stamey, Charles Webb, Foy Dryman,
George Mom, Francis Uupard, Clarence Mason, John Fl^agan, Lyman Gregory.
Fourth row, left Urrant: Willie Curtli, Bobby Tippett, Jack Tilley, Howard Guest, Larry Cabe, Edgar Angel, Clyde Corbln,
Store MoConntll, Ronald White, Earl Harmon, Howard Reece, C. D. Corbln, Charles Conley, Ernest Brendle, Paul Wooten, Harve
Hunt, NfU Mootuy, Barley Itewkrt,
B. L M'GLAMERY
NAMED TO HEAD
FRANKLIN C. C.
Frank Murray Employed
As Secretary; Bcoth
Opened For Season
B. L. McGlamery, agricultural
agent for the Nantahala Power
and Light company, is the new
president of the Franklin Cham
oer of Commerce.
Mr McGlamery and other of
ficers of the organization were
chosen at a meeting of the
newly elected board of direc
tors last Wednesday evening,
when* plans were outlined for
the year's work.
The other officers are W. C.
Burrell, head of Burrell Motor
company, vice-president, and
Frank B. Duncan, Duncan Motor
Company, president, was reelect
ed treasurer.
It was decided to seek as sec
retary a person who is available
for full-time work during the
summer months, serving in the
information booth of West Main
street and handling correspon
dence, and for part-time work
during the winter season, so
that someone will be respon
sible at all times for answering
inquiries and transacting other
chamber of commerce business
A committee, made up of Mr.
Duncan, Mr. Burrell, T. W. An
gel, Jr., and T. H Fagg, was
appointed to select a secretary.
The committee the latter part
of last week employed Frank I.
Murray as secretary, and Mr.
Murray opened the information
booth and began his duties
Monday morning.
With a view to transacting
business promptly, and other
wise to develop this county, it
was decided to hold meetings at
regular intervals, ' with called
sessions when necessary. The di
rectors voted to meet the sec
ond Tuesdays in June, July,
August, and September, and on
the second Tuesdays of alter
nate months thereafter.
The directors also made plans,
at last week's meeting, for
Tuesday night's gathering to or
ganize for the annual member
ship campaign.
Seek $2,000
For Chamber
Work In '48
The 1948 membership cam
paign of the Franklin Chamber
of Commerce got under way
Wednesday, following an enthu
siastic meeting Tuesday night
3f the directors with nearly a
score of interested citizens who
were asked to conduct the drive
for members. A budget of $2,
300 for the year's activities is
sought.
President B. L. McGlamery, in
opening the meeting, said there
aire many important projects
which the chamber of commerce
might well sponsor. He men
ioned, among others, an effort
;o obtain city mail delivery in
Pranklin; a survey of the com
nunity's industrial possibilities,
ind publication and distribu
:ion of the information obtain
ed; and advertising for tour
ists.
In commenting on the latter,
tie emphasize'd that many per
sons who come here for a va
cation are likely to become
jermanent residents, and he
dded that every tourist spends
i considerable amount of mon
:y, and each dollar is re-spent
here rhany times!
An immediate need, he add
ed, is a current directory of
Accommodations for distribu
tion. This annual directory, he
pointed out, lists all tourist
camps, hotels, tourist homes,
eating places, etc.
He emphasized the point that
money spent -ad\eiyiimg '?>
? Continued on Page Eight
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the Co
weta Experiment station, follow:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday ...... 77 39 .11
Thursday 50 42 0
Friday .. 63 41 .20
Saturday 75 34 0
Sunday 77 35 0
Monday 82 40 0
Tuesday 81 42 0
Wednesday ??*????? lite 40 Q