?f)e ISjiglllanitijS JHaconian
The question is not bow far
along you are. What matters is
how far you have gone beyond
your starting point.
VOL. LXIII? NO. 23
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1948
2 New Members Named To School Board
600 WITNESS
84 STUDENTS'
GRADUATION
Miss Ann Lyle Wins
Angel $100 Cash
Award
More than 600 persons wit
nessed the impressive gradua
tion exercises of the senior class
of Franklin High school held
at the Macon Theatre Tuesday
night. Several hundred people
stood in the aisles and in the
foyer of the theatre to witness
the graduation of the 84 Ma
con County youth.
Highlight of the evening, oth
er than the awarding of the
diplomas, was the awarding of
a $100 cash prize to Miss Ann
Lyle for general all around ex
cellence. The winner of the
award, which has been given
for the past two years by Dr
Furman Angel, is chosen by
members of the faculty voting
separately and independently oi
each other.
The prize was presented by
G. L. Houk, county superinten
dent of schools, who also pre
sented each member of the
graduating class with his or
her diploma.
The commencement program
was as follows:
Processional, march from
"Aida", Verdi; (audience seated
during Processional ) ; "America",
(audience standing) ; invocation,
the Rev. J. H. Brendall, Jr.; sal
utatory address, Marie Jennings;
'?The Importance of Home Ec
onomics", Jewell Norton; "Sweet
and Low", Joseph Branby,
girls' chorus; "Hold That Soil",
Bobby Tippett; "The Functions
of Business Education in High
Schools", Grace Tallent; "Steal
Away", Negro spiritual, girls'
chorus. ? . ,
The following awards then
were presented by W. H. Finley,
principal of the Franklin High
schoo> Activities, Miss Lucille
Hannah; agriculture, Bobby Tip
pett; athletics, Harley Stewart;
citizenship award given by the
Franklin Parent-Teacher asso
ciation, Willis Curtis; commer
cial, Miss Grace Tallent; Eng
lish, Miss Maxine Roten; home
economics, Miss Jewell Norton;
mathematics, Miss Ann Cabe;
president, Lyman Gregory; sci
ence, Francis Leopard; social
science, Miss Ruth Angel; and
? Continued on Pace Eight
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
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50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
A gay party of beaux and
belles made a picnic excursion
to Burni.'igtown Falls last Fri
day. It is impossible to state
the amount of real genuine
courting done, but it is sup
posed that no time was lost by
at least a portion of the com
pany. The party was composed
of the following happy couples:
F. T. Smith and Mrs. I^lla Al
lison, John Trotter and Miss
Anna Barnard, J. G. Crawford
and Miss Gertrude Wagg, F. L.
Slier and Miss Laura Jones,
Walter Deal and Miss Leona
Bryson, George Deal and Miss
Nina Porter, B G. Robertson,
and Miss Myrtle Hunt, Lee
Crawford and Miss Lizzie Nor
wood, and W. A. Rogers and
Miss Nannie Trotter,
25 YEARS AGO
During the month of May, 98
five-gallon cans of cream
were shipped from the farms
in Macon County. From the
price received for this cream
believe thpt an average
price of eight dollars per can
was realized, or a total of near
ly $800. W^consider this, a good
beginning, when we considei
that the first can of cream was
shipped from this county less
than 18 months ago.
10 YEARS AGO
The young people's athletii
council has elected an advisor]
board consisting of the follow
ing: J. E. 8. Thorpe, of th<
Episcopal church; Jess Conley
of the Methodist church; Johr
Bulgin, of the Presbyterlai
church; Horner Stockton, of thi
Baptist church; and John Waal
Uk, of .the Cathollo church.
Official Macon County Democratic Primary Vote By Precincts
CANDIDATES
Total Democratic Registration
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
C. Gordon Moore
Margaret Ordway
J. M. Raby
Walter Gibson
F. A. Edwards ...
Lee Mason
Clint May
Luther Jacobs ...
t iorence Sherrill
Bob S. Sloan
Owen Ammons .
Frank Browning
E. B. Byrd
Frank B. Cook .
REPRESENTATIVE
Carl S. Slagle
G. F. Burrell
GOVERNOR
Charles M. Johnson .......
W. Kerr Scott
R. Mayne Albright
Oscar Barker
Ollat Ray Boyd
W. F. Stanley, Sr
U. S. SENATOR (Long Term)
J. Melville Broughton
William B. Umstead
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Crowd Of 600
Jams Theatre
For Hi Event
More than 600 persons packed
the Macon Theatre for Sunday
night's Franklin iligh school
baccalaureate service. The the- :
atre was filled long before the ;
7;30 starting hour, and scores (
were unable to find even stahd- (
ing room.
The baccalaureate sermon was <
dielivered by the Rev. Hoyt
Evans, pastor of the Franklin
Presbyterian church. Using the
text, "He who is not with me
is against me", from Matthew
12:30, Mr. Evans preached to the
84 seniors and the hundreds
of relatives and friends on the
subject, 'Ho Middle Ground".
The exercise opened with the
singing of the hymn, "Holy,
Holy, Holy", and the invocation
was pronounced by the Rev. J.
H. Brendall, Jr., Franklin Meth
odist church pastor. The Rev.
A. Rufus Morgan, Episcopal
minister, read the Scripture
selection and led in prayer.
Immediately preceding the
baccalaureate sermon, a girls'
chorus sang "Hark! the Vesper
Hymn is Stealing", by T. Moore,
and immediately following the
sermon, "God's Keeping", by H
Berger. The benediction was
pronounced by Mr. Brendall.
With the audience seated, the'
seniors, in caps and gowns, en
tered the auditorium to the
strains of Verdi's march from
"Aida", and the audience again
remained seated for the reces
sional, the march from Wag
ner's "Tannhauser". The music
was directed by Mrs. J. A. Flan
agan and Mrs. H. W. Cabe.
Nine juniors ? Mary Alice
Archer, Iris Cabe. Nancy Callo
way, Doris Dalrymple, Bergen
Hall, Julia Ann Higdon, Hazel
Moses, Elizabeth Ann Phillips,
I and Ethel Roper? chosen on a
i basis of scholastic standing,
served as marshals.
Franklin Lodge And Golf
Course Opens For Season
The Franklin Lodge and Golf
I Course this week opened for the
? season, following the arrival
i Monday of Mrs. J M. McGill
i from Cassadega, Fla., where she
and Mr. McGill spent the wint
er operating the Cassadega ho
tel. Mr. McGill arrived in
? Franklin sometime ago.
r _
JOINS WCTC FACULTY
; Jack Carpenter, son of Mr.
, and Mrs. E. J. Carpenter, of
i Franklin, has been appointed to
i the faculty of Western Carolina
s Teachers college, Cullowhee. Mr.
. Carpenter will teach mathemat
ics.
FOREST MEET . I
ATTRACTS 150
Facts And Figures About
W. N. C. Brought Out
By Speakers
?
Approximately 160 persons? t
foresters, their wives, and fam
ilies- from Virginia and the two
Carolinas were here last week
end for the. summer meeting of
the Appalachian section of the
Society of American Foresters.
Friday evening was devoted
to a picnic and program at
Cliffside recreation area, and
the foresters spent Saturday
morning at the Coweeta Experi
ment Forest, studying the wat
er resource management re
search being done there.
Due to rain, it was necessary
to hold Friday evering's picnic
and program under the shelter
at Cliffside, rather than in the
outdoor amphitheatre as plan
ned. Despite the weather, near
ly 100 persons were present.
. Following the meal, the society
transacted business, with Tom
Barron, of Franklin, Va., presi
dent, presiding, and then turn
ed to a program of talks. Speak
ers included W. R. Shield, sen
ior fisheries biologist of the N.
C. Wildlife Resources commis
sion; A E. Hyder, game special
ist of the Wildlife commission;
and Charles E. Ray, of Wajmes
ville, chairman of the North
Carolina Parks, Parkway, and
National Forests commission.
Highlighting the information
on forests, fishing, game, and
recreation brought out by the
speakers were these items:
In Western North Carolina
there are 1,200 miles of trout
? Continued on Page Eight
Houk Reelected
President Of N.C. E. A.
Macon Unit
The Macon County unit of
the North Carolina Education
association, at a banquet meet
ing at the Slagle MemorLal last
Friday night, reelected Guy L.
Houk as president.
Other officers named are O.
F Summer, reelected vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Roper, reelected
treasurer; and Mrs. Robert
Blaine, secretary.
Mr. Houk was the chief speak
er, devoting most of his re
marks to NCEA problems. Short
talks also were made by mem
bers of the county board of ed
ucation, four of whom were
present. Chairman C. Oordor
Moore, Frank Browning, Waltei
Gibson, and Bob Sloan.
Slxty-f)ve persons, Including
visitors, were present.
7-Acre Pine
Forest Given
Potts' Name
A seven-acre white pine for
est- was dedicated to the mem
0ry c- L- Potts, only
member 'of the Nantahala Na
j tional Forest organization to
give his life for his countrv in
World War 2, in a qiSeSy im
pressive ceremony at Cliffside
Sunday afternoon, Mem >i al
day.
The some 7,000 trees were
Kf? bl the Forest Serv'ce
nfi?}7' Wh,en CP'- Potts was an
infant, and the man who su
fth^'r Planting? John
Keener, of Franklin-was pres
ent for the memorial service.
the rain, between 75
and 100 persons attended the
service, among them C. W. Potts,
of Franklin, father of Cpl. Potts.
Due to the weather, it was
necessary to move the service
from outdoors, at the spot
where a bronze plaque to the
ed infS ?emory *** been Plac
ed in a big rock, to the Cliff
side shelter.
di^rih^1?e0graPhed ' Program,
distributed to those present
fmfedAKl'itu the famous words
hi.? *?aham Lincoln's Gettys
burg address, "it is rather for
us to be here dedicated to the
? Continued, on PaIe Ei*ht
Burreil, Legion
Softball Winners; Future
Games Set For 7:30 *
?e,,Burrel< Motor company
softbaiiers and the Legionnaires
were the winners in last Mon
day night's softball games, with
f?78 .u.efeatlng Z'ekgraf, 10-6
and thfc former servicemen
the Nantahala Power
and Light company aggregation
Starting time for future game;
55UX Sn Jr J
rsrt&.sr*
Tomorrow (Friday) night'i
anrJ168 MBret ^?tary vs- Burrel
lilhf Nantahala Power anc
Light company vs Oilers. Nexl
Monday night the Rotary wil
n.y Legion, and Zickgra
will meet the Oilers. CKgra
Franklin Nine To Play
Andrews Here Saturday
Franklin baseball nine wil
t Play Andrews Saturday on thi
i local diamond, and journey ti
? Hayesville for a game Sundaj
Last week-end's igames wer
I rained out, and will have to b
played at a later date,
REVIVAL SERIES
Ito opensunday
10 - Day County - Wide
Meet To Be Held
By Dr. Church
A county-wide, interdenomi
national religious revival will
open at the Friendship taber
nacle, in the Bonny Crest sec
tion of Franklin, Sunday, with
the Rev. John R. Church doing
the preaching.
The opening service will be
held Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock, and an evening service
is planned each weekday at 8
p. m. The meeting will con
tinue through Friday, June lis.
Dr. Church will be heard here
three times on Sunday. In addi
tion to his sermon at the tab
ernacle in the afternoon, he will
preach at the Methodist church
at the 11 o'clock morning serv
ice, and will be heard at the
Baptist church at 8 o'clock Sun
day evening.
Members of the choirs of all
churches, and other singers, are
invited to join the consolidated
choir that will sing at the tab
ernacle services.
The Monday evening service
will be ''Youth nignt". All
young people from churches
throughout the county are be
ing especially invited to attend
this service and to take part in
the music. Other special serv
ices for young people are plan
ned during the series.
Dr. Church, who will conduct
the revival, is an approved
evangelist of the Methodist
church, and is widely known
, in that field. He has preached
, in Macon County on more than
one occasion. He was invited to
t come here by an interdenomi
national organization that ar
| ranged for the revival.
Baptist Ministers Will
Meet Here Next Monday
* The Macon County Baptist
' Ministers conference will be held
' at the First Baptist church
r Monday at 10:30 a. m. The Rev.
Charles E. Parker is president,
s and the Rev. W. C. Pipes is
1 secretary. ,
1
t JUNE 15 DEADLINE
1 June 15 is the deadline for
[ veterans who wish to get on
the farm training jftogram,
starting July 1, to file their
applications, it was pointed out
this week.
. IN SERIOUS CONDITION
J. F. Fox, of Shelby, who col
lapsed at Hotel Hearn here
r Monday, is a patient at Angel
e clinic, where It was said Wed
e nesday that his condition it
serious.
MRS. SHERRILL,
EDWARDSRETIRE
BROWNING, BYRD
Sloan, Gibson, Moore
Win; Slagle Picked
By 6 To 1 Vote
Democratic voters of Macon
County Saturday picked Mrs.
Florence S. Sherrill, Bob S.
Sloan, Walter Gibson, Fred A.
Edwards, and C. Gordon Moore
for membership on the county
t board of education, and nomi
nated Carl S. Slagle for repre
sentative, by a vote of nearly
6 to 1 over his opponent, G. F.
Burrell.
Mrs. Sherrill, former county
home demonstration agent, led
the school board ticket with a
vote of 1,150. Mr. Sloan, serving
his first term on the board,
was second with 1,129. Mr. Gib
son, also serving his first term,
ranked third with 1,046 votes.
Mr. Edwards, Highlands mer
chant, received 966, to stand in
fourth place. And Mr. Moore,
member of the board since 1941
and present chairman, was in
fifth place with 894 votes.
The other nine candidates in
the hard-fought race for the
five-member board of educa
tion, with their official votes,
as announced by Chairman J.
J. Mann, of the county board
of elections, were:
Frank Browning, present
board member, 880.
Frank B. Cook, 802. (Unoffi
cial returns had shown Mr.
Cook running ahead of Mr.
Browning.) ,
its. ts. ijyrd, present board
member, 786.
Owen Ammons, 579.
J. M. Raby, 564. *
Mrs. Margaret Ordway, 510.
Clint May, 454. (Mr. May re
ceived every vote an his home
precinct, Nantahala No. 2.
Lee Mason, 442.
Luther Jacobs, 329.
Mr. Slagle, Cartoogechaye
farmer, who received 1,730 to
309 for Mr. Burrell, will be op
posed in the fall general elec
tion by John C. Ferguson, of
Franklin, Route 4, Republican
nominee.
Members of the board of ed
ucation do not stand in the
general election, but are ap
pointed by the general assem
bly. While the Republican party
also nominates a school board
ticket, the assembly rarely, if
ever, fails to appoint Democrat
ic boards.
In the two major state races,
the majority of Macon County
voters cast in their lot with
the runners-up. Senator Wil
liam B. Umstead, who was de
feated by more than 20,000
votes, for renomination by J.
Melville Broughton, carried this
county by a margin of 176 votes.
W. Cerr Scott, who was bested
in the governor's race by
Charles M. Johnson by a state
wide margin of a little more
than 7,000, carried Macon by a
vote of 1,256 to 953. The other
four candidates in the guberna
torial race received a total of
65 votes in this county.
Macon Democratic voters will
have a second chance to choose
between Johnson and Scott
when the second primary, call
ed by the latter, is held June
26? four weeks from Saturday.
Umstead carried every pre
cinct in this county except for
Highlands and Smlthbridge.
Scott led in all but Highlands,
Nantahala No. 1, Burningtown,
and Cowee, and* in Cowee
Johnson nosed his opponent out
by a margin of only seven votes.
In the other state races, this
county gave Dan Tompkins, of
Sylva, 1,359 votes for lieuten
ant-governor, and H. P. Taylor,
556. Taylor, of Wadesboro, was
? 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 80 50 .63
Thursday 76 50 .66
Friday 72 55 .79
Saturday 75 58 1.29
Sunday 76 55 .02
Monday 81 50 .02
Tuesday 79 50 .00
Wednesday 40 .00
Total rainfall for week, 2.41
inches.