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? V '? * %' 1 /J 1 ?U)t IjtgManV Sttaconian Price 6 Cents VOL. LXIV? NO. 42 FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1949 TEN PAOK9 Calendar Of The Week'# EVENTS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2* J 8 p. m. ? Order of Eastern Star, Nequassa chapter No. 43. FRIDAY , 7:30 p. m. ? Franklin Lodge No. 452, Loyal Order of Moose, old Legion Hall. SATURDAY .7:30 p. m. ? Teen Age club, Bkyway hotel. 9 p. m.? American Legion square dance, Slagle memorial. MONDAY 7 p. m. ? Franklin Lions club, Presbyterian church annex. 7 p. m. ? Boy Scouts, Franklin troop No. 1, Slagle memorial. TUESDAY 8 p. m.? Co-Ed club, Skyway hotel. WEDNESDAY 7 p. m. ? Franklin Rotary club, 8'agle memorial. - Harry Tallent, 42, Dies At Smithbridge Home 1 Last WednesAty Harry Tallent, 42, died at his home in the Smtthbrldge town , shtp at 3 o'clock Wednesday 1 morning following an Illness of three weeks. Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at the Coweeta Baptist chureb with the Rev. Claude Ledford conducting the service. Burial followed in the church ceme f ry. ? - ? Pallbearers were Ray Moffitt, Tom Cowart, Bob Stamey, Tom Hopkins, Ray Bates, and Roy Wiliamson. Mr. Tallent, a native of Ma con County, was born May 21, 1907, the son of John Tallent and Martha Key Tallent. On , February 4, 1927, be married Mary Oray. He wa?>*ajf?jrmefc , and a life long resident of Bmithbrldge township. He is survived by his wife, three sons, John, Ralph, and Joe Tallent, all of the tome; his father, John Tallent, of Franklin, Route 2; three broth ers, Harve Tallent, of Prentiss, Lester Tallent, of Franklin, Route 2, and Grady Tallent, of Sedro Wooley, Wash.; three sis ters, Mrs. Delia Stamey, of Franklin, Route 2; Mrs. Lyle Vinson, of Otto, and Mrs. Edd Hodgln, of Prentiss. /, ; I r Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the filea of The Press) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The town of Franklin Is quar antined. People can drive cattle Into town, but cannot drive ithem out without violating the quarantine laws. The best thing to do Is to rid those sections Infested of the cattle ticks. Attys. Geo. A. Jones, K. Ellas, 8am Kelly and R. D. Slslc are attending Clay court this week. Dan Lyle was in town Friday apparently as happy as a bee on a corn tassel. A new girl had made her appearance at his home the night before. 25 YEARS AGO The Western Carolina Tele phone company, with author ized capital stock of $25,000, and $6,000 paid in, was organiz ed in Franklin on the first day of this month. The following officers were elected: President, Sam L. Rogers; Secretary, E. 8. Hunnicutt; General Manager and Treasurer, D. Q. Stewart; Board of Directors, Sam L. Rog ers, W. B. McGuire, D. G. Stew art, Gus Leach, and Tom Johns ton. At this meeting the deal to purchase the telephone property of W. L. McCoy was consum mated. It YEARS AGO A. W. Reld announces this week the opening of his new woodworking plant, the Nan tahala Craft Shop, at the In teraction of highways 285 and I 23. Jim Gray is moving from the Maxwell Home farm to the old Gray piece near Otto. A group of friends called on them Mon day, taking gifu to Mrs, Oray as reminders of friends >0 this neighborhood. S. CRUNKLETON DIES AT HOME TUESDAY NIGHT Funeral Services Will Be Held In Highlands Today Beth Hyatt Crunkleton, 74, Spanish American war veteran, lied at his home Tuesday night ?t 11:30. He had been ill for the >ast three weeks. Funeral services will be held rhursday afternoon (today) at !:S0, at the Highlands Presby terian church with the Rev. Sob Dupree and the Rev. B. fitoyt Evans conducting the serv ice. Burial will follow in the :hurch cemetery. Mr. Crunkleton was born May I, 1675, the son of Joseph Wil llngton Crunkleton and Sarah Ann Keener Crunkleton. He was a member of the Highlands Presbyterian church and had lived the latter years of his life in Franklin. He is survived by his widow, Dne daughter. Miss Mary Edith Crunkleton, of Franklin, three sons, Claud, Howard and James Leslie Crunkleton; two brothers, Ike H. Crunkleton, of High!ands, and Peyton Alexander Crunkle ton, of Route 1, Dillard, Ga.; three slaters, Mrs. John Baty and Mrs. Ben Keener, both of Highlands, snd Mrs. Molly Park er, of Anderson. S. C. Bryant funeral home will be In charge of the arrangements, Macon Men Attend Dairy Breeders Group Meet In Statesville Harold En!oe and S. W. Men denh&ll, representatives for the Macon County Dairy Breeder's association, met with the South eastern Artificial Breeding as sociation's policy committee at the Hotel Vance in Statesville, on October 11. At the meeting Dean I. O. Schaub, director of Extens'on at the North Carolina State col lege, told members of the com mittee that the association's program is heartily approved by he staff of the North Carolina State college. Professor John Arey, of the college's dairy extension depart ment, reported that the excel lence of the calves resulting from artificial service Is already becoming apparent,- for in the general county fairs all the calves In the blue class were sired through this service. The policy committee passed two resolutions: one to the ef fect that they would hold a technicians conference at Ashe ville next year, and another commending the North Carolina State college's husbandry staff for holding training schools for technicians. Veterans' insurance Checks Will Start Soon The Veterans Administration will start mailing to veterans the checks (or the special divi dend on National Service Life Insurance around the middle of January, 1950. According to Its schedule, VA expects to put checks into the malls, starting that date, at the rate of 300,000 per working day. Since It Is estimated that about 16,000,000 veterans and service men are entitled to receive div idend checks, this* means that It will require something like six months to complete the pay ments. Unauthorized reports that the dividend checks might start go ing out before Christmas are entirely without foundation, ac cording to VA. More than 12,000,000 appli cations for the NSLI dividends have already been received by the VA in Washington. Eligible veterans of World War II who have not yet applied may ob tain the necessary forms from VA offices, post offices and vet erans' organization. Payments will be made roughly accord ing to the order In which the applications are received. Franklin Band To Play At Cowee School Oct. 28 A Hallowe'en carnival and box supper will be held at the Cowee school on Friday night, October As a spoqlal attrac tion the Fran kiln High school band will give a concert there. Til* evening program will start ftt 7:10 p. m. Miss Othella Cabs And Donald Brown Declared Winners Of 4-H Contest i ? Miss O hella Cabe, daughter of M-. and Mrs. Jack Cabe, Franklin, Route 4, and Donald Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Brown, of Franklin, Route 2, have been declared the win ners in the Better Methods Electric contest for this county, from among the many 4-H boys and girls who entered. As an award for their efforts, Miss Cabe and Mr. Brown are receiving a trip to Raleigh on November 6, 7, and 8 to the State Better Methods contest with all their expenses paid. This contest, which consists of a boy or -girl selecting some job or chore on their farm or in their home and trying tp im prove the Job by the use of some electrical appliance that will snve time, money, labor, or increase the efficiency, is spon sored in this area by the Nan taha'.a Power and Light com pany. Miss Cabe chose as her Bet ter Method, watering their large hatching egg poultry flock. In s ead of carrying water for them in a bucket she has de vised a method of using auto matic water fountains including electric hot water heaters. She found that this method saved lots of time and labor and in MRS, MATTIE S. MOORE, 91. DIES AT HOME HERE Funeral services were held for Mrs. Ma tie Sherrill Moore, 01, who died Saturday night in her home here after a long ill ness, at 3 p. m. Sunday in the Franklin Methodist church. The Rev. C. E. Murray and the Rev. Hoyt Evans conducted the service and burial followed hi the Franklin cemetery. Pallbearers were Paul Smith, Frank Swafford, William Katin brink, Wade Arvey, Harry Hig gin>, and Henry W. Cabe. Mrs. Mrore, one of the oldest members of the Franklin Meth odist church, was born Janu ary J 9, 1858, the daughter of Mr. 'and Mrs. Thomas Sherri'i, of Robbinsville. On April 1, 1880, she became the bride of James T. Moore, of Robbinsville, who died several years ago. A former teacher in the schools of Graham county, Mrs. Moore had resided in Macon County since her marriage. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lillie S. Pierson, of High lands, and Miss Mary Jo Moore, of Franklin; two sons, W. T. and John Moore, bath of Frank lin. Potts funeral home was in charge of the funeral arrange ments. Slagle School Will Hold1 Hallowe'e.1 Carnival There will be a Hallowe'en Carnival at the Slagle school house Friday night, October 28, sponsored by the Slagle school and the Slagle PTA. The eve ning will feature cake walks, crowning of beauty queen, bin go, entertainment booths, and fun and food for everybody. The public is invited. creased the egg production, thus increasing the income derived from the flock of chickens. Young Brown as his Better Method, project the heating of potato plant beds with electric ity as compared to the use of beds heated wi h wood furnaces having heating flues built under the beds. Brown found that in addition to the saving of labor, time, and money that by this new method he was able to produce plants that were much stronger and with greater lia bility. , Miss Cabe and Mr. Brown will have their projects entered in district contest. If their rec ords are judged the best in this five county area, consisting Graham, Swain, Macon, Jack son, and Clay, they Will each receive $100 scholarships to col leges of their choosing. The sec ond prize is a $50 gold watch. These awards are given by the Nantahala Power and Light company. . Miss Ann Teague, last year's district winner from this area, will enter the state contest this year. in an effort to win a trip to the National 4-H Congress held in Chicago in December. This award is given by the Westinghouse company. Junior Panthers Defeat Clayton By 13 To 6 Score The "B" squad of the Frank lin High school football tpatq defeated Clayton High school by a score of 13 to 6 last Thurq-. day afternoon on the Clayton field. Bobby Potts, promising back, was the offensive star for Franklin and had a hand in making both touchdowns. With the local eleven trailing by a 6-0 score in the third quarter Potts passed to Turner Blaine for Franklin's first soore of the game. In the fouth quarter he ran ,45 yards to score the final touchdown of the ball game. Clayton scored In the first quarter on sustained drive of live plays. The starting line up for Franklin included: Carroll Chil ders, LE; Clinton Campbell, LT; Jimmey Conley, LG; Zeb Ma haffey, C; Bob Brown, RG; Paul Plyler, RT; Richard Mashburn, RE; Paul Killian, QB; Turner Blaine, LHB; Bcbby Potts, RHB; Kermit Dehart, FB. Substitutes included "Corkey" Elliot, Wayne Tilson, and Thomas Elliot. The "B" squad will play a return game with Sylva on the local field on November 11. Rev. A. Rufus Morgan Returns From Convention The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan re turned last Thursday from San Fransclsco, Calif., where he at tended the general convention of the Episcopal church. He re sumed holding services through out his pastorate Sunday. 7TH GRADE SALE A rummage sale is planned by the mothers of Mrs. Flana gan's seventh grade next Sat urday, October 29. Proceeds from the sale will be used to purchase supplies and equip ment for the room, Mrs. Flan agan said. Sgt. George Stewart Of Highway Patrol Wins 2nd Year In Pistol Shooting Sgt. George A. Stewart, mem ber of the North Carolina State highway patrol, and son of Will Stewart, of the Coweeta com munity, is the top pistol marks man among the approximately 7,000 law enforcement officers in North Carolina. Yet in 14 years of service with the patrol and in making more than 3,000 arrests he has never shot a person or even fired his gun in line of duty. Sgt. Stewart, who is now sta tioned at Smlthfield, for two consecutive years has won the pistol tournament sponsored by the North Carolina Police Chief's Executive Association. The tournament is open to all police, patrol, State Bureau of Investigation officers and other law enforcement officers in North Carolina. In 1948 Sgt. Stewart emerged the winner over 40 of the best pistol ^hooters in the state. He won again' this year over 60 sharpshooters. Each year he has received a handsome pistol as first prize. Contestants shoot at a three inch bull's eye from 25 yards as rapidly as five bullets in ten seconds. Stewart's district includes Johnston, Wayne, and Sajnpaon counties. 500 ATTEND PTA HEAR BAND AND CHORAL GROUP iArs. Dowdle Appoints Njw Committee To Serve For Tlhis Year Approximately 500 persons at tended the Franklin Parent Teacher Association meeting Monday night to hear the new ly formed choral gfoups and high school band perform. This is one of the largest groups to ever attend a PTA meeting here at the Franklin school. The choral group under the direction of Sam Beck, sang "Be'ls of St. Mary's" and "April Showers". The group is compos ed of 50 mixed voices of chil dren from the Franklin school. A solo by Misfj Lois Slagle, daughter of John Slagle, of Route 1, Dillard, Ga., was greet ed with tremendous applause by the enthusiastic audience. The high school band, which was organized this year, also under the direction of Mr. Beck, played several selections for the large audience and received a rousing ovation after each se lection. Following the musical pro gram Guy Sutton, principal, in troduced the new teachers, and Mr. Beck talked to the group on the needs of the new band. He expressed his appreciation to the Franklin Lions club for making* it possible for the group to obtain their instruments. With the band organized and several thousand dollars worth of equipment in their posses^ sion, the new band director said their g:eatest need was a place to practice and store their equipment. At present both the choral groups and band are holding their practice in a base ment which was formerly used as a boiler room for the high school building. Mr. Beck said that this was entirely unsetis factory and that an adequate building which would be sepa rate from the rest of the school was their greatest need at pres ent. Mrs. Margaret Dowdle, club president, appointed the follow ing committee chairmen to serve for the coming year: Grade mother, Mrs. Randolph Bulgin; at endance, Mrs. Paul Russell; magazine, Mrs. Weimar Jones; hospitality, Mrs. J. Ward Long; membership, Mrs. C. W. Renshaw; program, Mrs. Frank Killian; study groups, Mrs. Pearl Hunter; devotional, Mrs. J. A. Flanagan; music, Mrs. Franquel ine McKinsey; and goals, Mrs. Ross Zachary. Mrs. Dowdle expressed her ap preciation for the tremendous turn out and commented that "with such cooperation the goals of the PTA should become real ities". Following the regular meeting there was a social gathering at which time the hospitality com mittee served refreshments and the new teachers met many of the paren's ot their pupils for the first time. Sunday School Convention Will Meet Sunday At Tha Holly Springs Church Macon County Association Sunday School convention will be held with the Holly Springs Baptist church this Sunday at 2:30 p. m. according to an an nouncement by T. M. Rickman, superintendent. The devotional will be con ducted by the Holly Springs church, and Fred Corbin will be In charge of the music. Others taking part in the program will be ,Mrs. Roy Kinsland, Clyde Drake, Rev. W. N. Cook, and Rev. W. L. Sorrells. Every Sunday school is urged to send representatives, said Mr. Rickman. Home Demonstration Club Council To Meet F.rLday At Agriculture Building Mrs. J. R. Ray, president of the County Council of the Home Demonstration clubs announced that an important meeting of the Council will be held In the Agricultural building. Friday at 10 o'clock. Final plans will be mad? for the Annual Achieve ment day to be held early in November. Mrs. Ray added that members will also complete their suggestions for the 1950 plan of work. Dedication of Stadium To Be Held at Game Jacobs And Bryant To Opsn 5 And 10c Store Here Soon Work on remodeling the building formerly occupied by , the City Market was begun this week. The City Market has been . moved to the Stock Vn build- , in? between the Franklin Bap tist church and the City Dry Cleaners and it Is planed to " open a 5 and 10c store .in the former locat'nn according to ] J. C. Jacobs and Bill Bryant, j owners. Mr. Jacobs said that he h"ped that they would open their new store early in No vember. Present plains call for the ins'de of the store to be completely remodeled. CRUSHED STONE CONTRACTS TO LOCAL COMPANY Macon Construction Co. Receives T w: Contracts ? ? - .? i : ? The Macon Construction Com pany, Inc., has been awarded contracts for 90,000 tons of "?tone to be supplied within six miles east and west of Franklin and within a one mile radius of Compass Creek In Clay coun ty. This announcement was made in conjunction with the an nouncement by the North Caro lina S ate Highway Commission that all contracts for supplying crushed stone to the 10th Divis ion have been awarded to west ern North Carolina firms. No announcement has been made of stock-piling in either Jackson or Macon Counties, but other counties of the 14 in the division have received tentative orders for stock piling contracts within their bounds. At the same time that the Macon Construction Company received i s contracts, the Nan tahala Talc and Limestoce Company of Andrews, received orders for 40,000 tons to be sent within one mile of Andrews and within a one-mi'e radius of the junction of N. C. high ways 294 and 64, and J. L. Col ville Construction Company of Bryson City was awarded a contract for 30.000 tons of sta bilizer to be supplied within a two mile radius of Bryson City. W. C. Burrell is president of the recently Incorporated Macon Construction company. c. of c. wai Hear National Man Tuesday Ed Cherry, assistant manager of the United States Chamber of Commerce Southeastern Divi sion, will address the Board of Directors of the Franklin Cham ber of Commerce at a luncheon meeting cn Tuesday at Cagle's Cafe. All persons interested in the work of the local body are urged to attend. Anyone other than a member of the board of directors who plans to attend is asked to get in touch with Franw Duncan, local president. Mr. Cherry will discuss with the local group ways and means of furthering the work of the local organization here. AUXILIARY MEETS The American Legion Auxili ary will meet with Mrs. Frank Higdon, Sr., on Tuesday, Octob er 25 at 8 o'clock at her home on Bidwell street. RUMMAGE SALE The ladies of Auxiliary of St. Agnes Episcopal church will hold a rummage sale Saturday morning on the town square. The sale will start at' 10 a. m. Local Eleven Will Plajr Robbinsville This Friday NigSit Dedication of Franklin's new (10,000 stadium will take place it half time Friday night when ;he Franklin Panthers meet Robbinsville, strong Smoky Mountain Conference rivals. John M. Archer, in behalf of i group of Franklin business men and civic leaders, will pre sent the stadium to a repre sentative of the Macon County Board of Education. G. L. Houk will give a short history of the development of the present field. An amplifying system will be in use. The Franklin High school band will take part in the dedi cation ceremony. The new stadium, which is built of concrete, will seat ap proximately 1,800, Is one of the largest and best constructed in Western North Carolina. Start ed in 1948, when the first sec tion of 600 seats was construct ed, the project was completed this fall. A steel fence has also been erected around the entire athletic field. The entire cost has been paid for by the work and contributions of private citizens, business firms and civic organizations. The Franklin eleven will be out after their third conference win in five starts with victor ies over Andrews and Murphy already to their credit. Their defeats have been at the hands of Hayesville, last year's con ference champions, and the Sylva High school eleven. Probable starting line up for Franklin will be: LE, Bo Nor ton; LT, Joe Wilson; LG, John Alsup; C. Burton Leach; RG, Charles Thomas; RT, Richard Jones; RE, "Pat" Pattillo; QB, John Archer, *111; LHB, Frank Henry; RHB, Bill Huggins; and FB. Charles Shields. Kick-off time will be 8 p. m. The present field was given to the Franklin school for play ground use by Mrs. Margaret Cozad in 1923. The field at that time was a swampy area, approximately 500 feet by 300 feet. At that time a basket ball court was graded out on the sou'h side of the field and this was the only use made of it until 1943 when through the use of WPA funds a project was completed which diverted the creek around the north side of the field in an open ditch. In 1938 the present field was graded out and a wooden fence was constructed around the field. The lumber for this fence, 40 thousand feet in all, was purchased for $400. At this time the stream was directed into an underground tile pipe which carried the water under the center of the present field. In 1946, through the efforts of civic organizations and in terested sport fans, lights were placrd on the field making it possible to play night games of Softball and football there. A dressing roojn was built In 1948 and the present stadium start ed. FOURTH SUNDAY SING The Fourth Sunday evening sing of the northern division of the Macon County singing convention will meet with the Oakdale church at 1:30 p. m.. It was announced by Harley B. Morrison, president. The Weather Temperatures and precipita tion for the past seven days, and the low temperature yes terday. as recorded at the Coweeta Experiment station. Max. Mln. Pet. Wednesday 59 71 .24 Thursday 58 75 Friday 57 77 .07 Saturday 51 74 Sunday 57 75 .48 Monday 53 58 .82 Tuesday 44 70 .21 Wednesday .41 03 (As recorded by Manson L. Stiles, TV A weather observer.) Thursday, none; Friday, .03; Saturday, none; 8unday, .14; Monday, .44; Tuesday, .23; Wed nesday, none.
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