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VOL. LXV? NO. 42
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1950
TEN PAGES
CONVOCATION
- MEETING HELD
IN HIGHLANDS
More Than Sixty Attend
Episcopal Fall
Session
The fail meeting of the con
vocation of Asheville of the
Episcopal church was held
Tuesday at the Church of the
Incarnation, Highlands, with
the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, dean
of the convocation, presiding.
More than 60 persons, repre
senting 20 congregations from
the western part of the state,
attended.
The Rev. G. Mark Jenkins,
rector of the Calvary church,
Fletcher, was elected dean of
the convocation for the coming
year, succeeding Mr. Morgan,
who has served for the past
year.
John McTammany, of Ashe
ville, was elected secretary
treasurer, succeeding William
Tyndall, of Cherokee.
A major purpose of the meet
ing, it was explained, was for
devotion and the promotion of
missionary endeavor in this
area.
The meeting opened at 10
o'c!ock in the morning with the
celebration of Holy Commun
ion, with Mr. Morgan as cele
brant.
Luncheon was prepared and
served by the Woman's auxili
ary of the church at "Wolf
Ridge", the home of the Misses
Ravenel on Sunset mountain.
Mr. Morgan said reports from
the congregations represented
showed progress along various
lines of church work, especial
ly among the young people of
the churches.
Baptist S. S. Meet
To Be Held Sunday
The Macon County Baptist
Sunday School convention will
be held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the Sugary Fork
Baptist church, it has been an
nounced.
r;
Do You ?
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward throufh
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The Asheville Citizen has been
conspicuous for its absence for
?neatly two weeks past. A card
irom the editor explains that
the trouble is caused by a break
down in machinery.
These cool mornings are forc
ible reminders that some of our
subscribers who promised us
wood on subscriptions last wint
er have not rattled in with it
yet, and that we now need it.
A telephone line is being
erected between Murphy and
Hayesville.
Franklin seems to have some
of the unbusiest boys that can
ibe found in any town.
"Possums will soon be ripe.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Editor: I occasionally see
notices in the Press of some of
our Methodist young women giv
ing dances or attending dances.
I feel like shrugging my should
ers and hiding my face out of
very shame. T. R. Gray.
_ ^ We heard a man say yester
day that the reason women
around Franklin like a party
line is so they can keep a line
on the other party.
Many locals were crowded out
this week.
10 YEARS AGO
More than 600 workmen on
the Nantahala dam project
struck Wednesday morning
-when differences between the
VUh Construction company
y contractors for the job, and
union representatives failed to
fee settled by other means.
A two-reel sound motion pic
ture dealing with Macon coun
ty people and scenes will be
shown free of charge in the
courthouse auditorium here Sat
urday, October 19.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Flan
agan plan to leave Franklin
Wednesday, October 30, for their
new charge In Whitmlre, S. C.
Mr. Flanagan announced this
week.
United Nations Day Will
Be Noted Here October 24
"The strength of the United
Nations depends upon the sup
port It receives from the peo
ple throughout the world."
Those words were spoken by
Harry 8. Truman, President of
the United States, as he pro
claimed October 24 as United
Nations Day, urging the people
of the United States to give
their fullest cooperation to the
world peace organization, now
in Its fifth year.
Macon County, only a small
segment of the United States,
both in area and population, Is
planning an appropriate cere
mony in observance of the day,
to be held at the Franklin
stadium Tuesday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock.
Otis N. Brown, past national
commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, will speak on the
United Nations, outlining some
of the problems confronting the
organization, and discussing
some of its weakness and ac
complishments.
A United Nations flag, one of
many made In this county by
women in the home demonstra
tion clubs, will be presented to
the Franklin High school and
will be raised in a ceremony,
along with Old Glory.
The UN flag, blue, with a
white world .and olive branches
stitched on it, stands as a
United symbol of the free coun
tries as a hope for world peace.
Dr. Clarence Poe, president
and editor of the Progressive
Farmer, said, "It is the flag of
59 seperate nations, united to
protect freedom and Democracy
. . . 'Government of the people,
by the people, for the people' in
every member nation the world
over."
The Franklin High school
band, under the direction of
Sammy Beck, will present a
program of marching music.
The Rev. Hoyt Evans, chair
man of the Macon County Unit
ed Nations Day program com
mittee, urged all citizens in the
county to attend the ceremony
and help further world peace,
through the United Nations.
FORMER V.F.W.
HEADTOSPEAK
Otis Brown To Address
Local Post At Meet
.Next Tuesday
Otis N. Brown, of Greensboro,
past national commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will
be principal speaker at a meet
ing of the local" post of the
Veterans of foreign Wars Tues
day night at 8 o'clock at the
courthouse here.
Mr. Brown, executive director
of the North Carolina unit of
the V. F. W., Is the only man
from the South to hold the na
tional commander's position in
the organization.
He will speak on the national
and international defense situ
ations, and will outline things
veterans may do to further se
curity measures in the United
States.
Mr. Brown was commander of
the veterans' organization in
1941 and traveled in Europe and
Asia studying International
problems.
He spends a great deal of
time at present in Washington
studying legislation affecting
veterans.
All veterans In the county,
and Interested persons, are In
vited to attend the meeting, It
was explained by V. F. W. of
ficials.
Now Shortage
Of Cement Halts School
Building Program
Another shortage, this time
cement instead of steel, is slow
ing construction of Macon coun
ty's new schools, supposedly to
speed atomic developments.
Guy L. Houk, county school
superintendent, said this week
that cement, believed to have
been consigned for school con
struction in this county, is be
ing diverted by the Atomic En
ergy commission, probably for
construction projects at Oak
Ridge, Tenn.
He obtained his information,
Mr. Houk said, from W. B. Dil
lard, Sylva contractor, who has
the contract for construction of
the new schools here.
He explained that Mr. Dillard
investigated the situation when
promised deliveries of cement
failed to arrive and found that
the AEC has been diverting ce
ment shipments from manufac
turing outlets.
Steel shipments, Mr. Houk
said, are beginning to arrive
and construction at the Nanta
hala school is progressing rap
idly. Roughed-ln plumbing al
ready has been finished there,
he said.
Contractors, he said, have ob
tained enough steel pipe, cast
iron soil pipe, and boilers to
finish the job at all of the
schools.
Education Association
Unit To Name Officers
The Macon county unit of
the North Carolina Educational
association will meet at the Cul
lasaja school Saturday morn
ing, beginning at 10 o'clock, It
has been announced. A feature
of the meeting will be the elec
tion of officer! tor the year.
Plan Survey
Of Children's
Aid Program
Public welfare representatives
from seven Western North Car
olina counties met at the Ma
con County department of pub
lic welfare office here Mon
day to discuss plans for a sur
vey in this area to determine
the effectiveness of the Aid to
Dependent Children program.
The program, it was explain
ed, embodies financial assistance
to children in need, and is ad
ministered by the State Board
of Public Welfare and the 100
county welfare departments in
the state.
Miss Ada McRackan, director
of field social work service, State
Board of Public Welfare, and
Miss Victoria Bell, of Raleigh,
field social work representa
tive, conducted the meeting and
' explained the procedure for the
survey.
TV^a Bii rtrair o nnMnn iiiMa
| * lie ouncj, a uai>iuti-niuc
project, Is sponsored by the
j American Public Welfare asso
ciation and will be directed in
the United States by Dr. Gor
don Blackwell, of the Univer
sity of North Carolina's Insti
tute for Research In Social
Science, It was explained.
Mrs. P. H. Potts, superinten
dent of public welfare in this
county, said that county public
welfare workers will do much
of the actual survey work in
this area.
Representatives at the meet
ing were Mrs. Luclnda Cole, su
perintendent of public welfare,
Henderson county, Mrs. C. Y.
Patton, superintendent in Tran
sylvania county, Mrs. Donnie B.
Abbott, case worker. Swain
county, Miss Edith Garrett, case
worker, Jackson county, Miss
Ruth Smith, case worker, Jack
son county, Mrs. L. Boles, su
perintendent in Graham coun
ty, Mrs. Christine W. Corpen
ing, case worker, Graham coun
ty, Mrs. Potts, Macon superin
tendent, and Miss Lela Moore
Hall, case worker, Macon Coun
ty.
It was explained that the Aid
to Dependent Children program
is financed by the federal gov
ernment, under the Social Se
curity Act, and the states and
counties. It Is supervised at the
state level, but administered by
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ROBERT ROGERS
FUNERAL TO BE
HELD FRIDAY
Body Of Macon Soldier,
Killed In Korea,
Is Home Again
The body of Pfc. Robert L.
Rogers, Jr., young Macon soldier
killed in Korea, came back
home Tuesday, and funeral
services will be held at the
First Baptist church here at 10
a. m. tomorrow (Friday),
Pfc. Rogers, 18-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thojnas H,
Moore, of Franklin, the first
Macon County man to lose his
life in the Korean war, died in
Japan September 19 of wounds
received in action in Korea. Mr.
and Mrs. Moore were notified
that the body would be brought
back to the States, and last
?
Business houses here will
close from 10 to 11 o'clock to
morrow (Friday) morning for
the funeral of Pfc. Robert L.
Rogers, Jr., it was announced
by the Franklin Merchants
association.
Thursday received a telegram
saying it had arrived on the
West Coast. The body was ac
companied here from Seattle,
Wash., by Pfc. Earl P. Steeno.
Full military rites will be giv
en the young soldier, with the
local posts of the American
Legion and the Veterans of For
eign wars in charge of that
phase of the service, and mem
bers of the two posts will serve
as active pallbearers.
The Rev, M. W. Chapman,
the Rev. C, E, Murray, and the
Rev. Hoyt Evans will be the of
ficiating ministers at the serv
ice at the church. Immediately
after that service, the funeral
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Morgan And
C. Sorrells
Win Contest
Miss Carleen Sorrells, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sor-'
rells, of Franklin, Route 3, and
Dillard Morgan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur A. Morgan, of the
Nantahala section, are Macon
County winners in the 1950 4-H
and home electric contest, it
was ? announced this week.
As the county winners, they
will receive a free trip to Ral
eigh for the 4-H Electric Cong
ress, October 30 and 31, where
they will compete for district
and state prizes.
The competition is sponsored
by the Extension service, in
cooperation with electric com
panies, which provide the prizes.
The Nantahala Power and Light
company gives the prizes for
the five-county area that firm
serves.
Also attending the congress
from this county will be Don
Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley Brown, and Miss Othella
Cabe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Cabe, last year's county
winners, who will compete for
district and state honors.
The local power firm will give
a $100 college scholarship to the
4-H boy and the 4-H girl win
ning first place in this district,
and $50 watches to the second
place winners.
Contestants were required to
show what they have learned
about the better uses of elec
tricity, and what they have done
to plan for its better uses. |
More Than 3,000
Motor Tag* Sold
Here In 10 Months
More than 3,000 re's of 1950
license plates have been sold
in Macon County since De
cember 1, 1949, according to
figures made public by Verlon
Swafford, manager of the lo
cal branch of the Carolina
Motor club.
The local office, he said,
has sold 1,800 sets of tags
for automobiles, 1,059 for pri
vate trucks, 79 for farm
trucks, 131 for trailers, and 10
for motorcycles.
MRS. F. MOODY
DIES: AGED 76
Funeral To Be Conducted
At Home At 3 P. M.
Today
Mrs. C. Frank Moody died at
her home at the Moody Farm
yesterday (Wednesday) morn
ing about 5:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Moody, who was 78 years
' of age, had been in ill health
since she suffered a broken hip
about a year ago, but had been
seriously ill only a few days.
Funeral services will be held
at the home today (Thursday)
at 3 o'clock, and burial will be
in the Franklin cemetery.
The Rev. William Sorrells,
pastor of the Iotla Baptist
church, of which Mrs. Moody
was a member, and the Rev.
Hoyt Evans and the Rev. M. W.
Chapman, Franklin Presbyter
ian and Baptist pastors, respec
tively, will be the officiating
ministers.
Pallbearers will be Lawrence
Liner, Boyd Burrell, Ralph
Fouts, Marshall Fouts, Hough
ton Williams, and Paul Swaf
ford.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Mark L. Dowdle, A. B. Slagle,
H. W. Cabe, Jim Swafford,
Wayne McCracken, H. L.Bryant,
Gilmer A. Jones, R. S. Jones,
W. C. Burrell, and Walter Gib
son.
The former Miss Maggie D.
Turpin, of Haywood county, Mrs.
Moody and her late husband,
well known farmer and busi
ness man, bought the Moody
farm from the late JJormand
Barnard and moved there from
Haywood county in 1914, and
Mrs. Moody made her home
there from that time until her
death. She was the daughter of
Capt. John and Mrs. Elmira
Turpin, of Haywood county.
She was active in the Wo
man's society of the Iotla
church, and was a member of
the Macon County chapter of
the United Daughters of the
Confederacy.
Survivors inc'ude four daugh
ters, Miss May Beryl Moody, of
the home, Mrs. Noble Jarrett,
of Waynesville, Mrs. Lyman
Higdon, of Franklin, and Miss
Nora Moody, of Western Caro
lina Teachers college, Cullo
whee; and two sons, Wade
Moody, of Knoxville, and Jack
Moody, of Tacoma, Wash., and
six grandchildren.
SLAGLE P. T. A. TO MEET
The Slagle Parent-Teacher as
sociation will meet at the school
at 2 p. m. Wednesday of next
week, it was announced yester
day.
PLAN RUMMAGE SALE
The Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the Snow
Hill Methodist church will hold
a benefit rummage sale in
Franklin Saturday morning.
600 Pack School Auditorium
For Boxing And Wrestling
Show Band Fund Nets $70
The Franklin high school
band fund was fatter by $70
after the dust settled from the
boxing and wrestling benefit
show staged in the high school
auditorium Saturday night.
R. G. Sutton, principal, said
gate receipts totaled $320. Ex
penses, he said, were deducted
from that amount, $10 apiece
for each boxer, and a cut of
the gate for the wrestlers. Ma
terials for the ring, built by
boys In the agricultural class
at the school, came to $65.
The small auditorium was
filled with more than 600 per
sons who occupied every avail
able space, standing and sit
ting, An overflow crowd view
ed th? 34 round* of boxing and
wresciing irom ine Daicony.
Topping the night's enter
tainment was an hour-!ong
tussle on the canvas between
Chief Saunooke, a professional
wrestler from Cherokee, and
Wallace Martin, Franklin High
school teacher.
The two grapplers thrilled
the capacity crowd with a
show that included everything
from hammar locks to hair
pulling, and the bout ended in
a draw.
Boos and Jeers, coupled with
ohs and ahs when the Indian
Chief was on top, seemed to
indicate that most of the fans
were pulling for the high
school teacher.
In the boxing corner, the
outstanding fight of the night
was an unannounced bout be
tween two 10-year olds, David
Alexander- and Lewis Cabe,
members of the band, who re
ceived no pay for a fine fight.
The two boys decided they
would like to box, shed their
coats and Instruments, donned
gloves, and swapped leather
with each other for three
rounds, keeping fans laughing
most of the time.
The band, under the direction
of Sammy Beck, entertained
between bouts with marching
music.
Mr. Sutton said the school
hopes to stage more boxing
show* in th? near future.
Macon Gets Draft
Call For Nov. 30
More Than $200
Raised In Symphony
Campaign
More than $200 already has
been raised in the N. C. Sym
phony membership campaign,
which began in this county last
week, Miss Laura M. Jones, 1950
campaign chairman, announced
yesterday.
The goal is $750, which will
pay for two concerts here next
spring by the N. C. Little Sym
phony orchestra, one for adults
in the evening, and a free after
noon educational performance
for the school children.
The response has been en
couraging, Miss Jones said, add
ing ' that many persons who
have not previously been mem
bers are joining this year.
Among groups especially ac
tive in the campaign this year
are the home demonstration
clubs of the county.
The local Symphony organi
zation is headed by E. J. Car
penter, president, and Mrs. Allen
Siler, Franklin, and Mrs. John
H. C. Perry, Highlands, are co
chairmen of the membership
campaign. Mrs. Betty L. Alex
ander is secretary, and J. H.
Stockton treasurer.
Panthers Win
Over Sylva 11
By 7-0 Score
A luke-warm Panther eleven
managed to snatch its press
clippings out of the fire at the
iast minute and down a fight
ing group of Sylva high foot
ballers, 7 to 0, on the Sylva field
Friday noght.
Franklin football fans, num
bering about 1500, watched in
almost disbe'ief as the Panth
ers, running downhill from their
usual brand of classy football,
fought off Sylva for 46 minutes
and finally started a down-field
drive that ended in pay dirt in
the dying minutes of the game.
Quarterback John "Bardy"
Archer and Fullback Charles
Shields formed the finger in the
dam that kept the Panthers
from dropping into the lose col
umn in the Smoky Mountain
conference.
Archer, who connected with a
steady stream of passes during
the game, hit the center of the
Sylva line on a quarterback
amm
JOHN (RARDY) ARCHER
sneak for the Panther's game
saving touchdown, and then
kicked the extra point. Shields
carried the pigskin (or 61 yards
in nine trys and played a heads
up brand ot ball.
Sylva Fullback Cunningham
and Right Halfback Enloe ran
circles around the Panthers and
set Sylva up In a scoring posi
tion twice, but they were un
able to score. The Franklin line
out-weighed the Sylva line al
most 15 pounds to the man.
Sylva kicked off to the Panth
er*, and Bobby Potts carried
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Local Board Ordered
To Send 29 Men
To Camp
Twenty-nine men, making up
Macon County's first draft con
tingent, will be sent to Char
lotte November 30 for Induction
in the army.
Although several groups have
been sent to Charlotte for p re
induction examinations, this is
the first call for induction re
ceived in this county since the
selective service board was re
activated in July.
W. N. S'oan, chairman, said
the call was received by mail
Monday morning and the names
of those making up the con
tingent will be made public at a
later date.
The board received pre-induc
tion examination calls in Oc
tober and September, and sent
a total of 56 men to Charlotte
for physical and mental tests.
2 Rallies
Planned By Democrats
This Week
With the general election less
than three weeks away, this
political pace was stepped up
here this week as Macon Coun
ty Democrats announced plans
for two district rallies.
Felix Alley, well known re
tired jurist of Haywood county,
will speak to a Democratic gath
ering at the school house In
Highlands Saturday night at 8
Vclock. in addition to the ad
dress by Judge Alley, the can
didates on the Democratic s'ate
for county offices are expected
to be present.
A rally in the Smithbridge
township is set for 7 o'clock to
night (Thursday) at the Otto
schoolhouse. The announcement
was made by Joe Bradley,
Young Democratic club precinct
chairman. County Democrat of
fice-seekers and party officials
will make short talks to the
group.
Plans are being made for a
county-wide Democrat rally at
the courthouse October 28, it
was announced by Bob Sloan,
county Young Democrat club
president.
Food Valued
\t $1,749 Contributed To
Orphanage
Vegetables and canned goods
valued at $1,743.89 were co'lect
ed in this county by churches
of the Macon County Baptist
association, and were shipped
to the Baptist Orphanage in
Thomasville this week.
The Rev. W. N. Cook was in
charge of the collection.
In announcing the total con
tributed, Mr. Cook expressed
appreciation to the Farmer's
Federation for keeping records
on the amount of goods donat
ed and for allowing the associa
tion to store the gifts in its
warehouse.
Mrs. Gray Attending
Demonstration Meet
Mrs. J. S. Gray, of Franklin,
past president of the N. C. Fed
eration of Home Demonstration
Clubs, left October 13 to attend
the National Home Demonstra
tion council in Blloxi. Miss, Oc
tober 16 to 20. She Joined the
other delegates at Bryson City,
where she took the chartered
bus from Raleigh.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation for tae
?set seven days, and the low temperature
resterriay, an recorded at the Coweeta Ex
periment station.
High Low Pet.
Wednesday 74 36 00
Thursday 71 45 00
Friday 72 40 00
Saturday 76 32 00
Sunday 83 38 00
Monday 75 41 00
Tuesday 76 38 00
Wednesday 51 00
FRANKLIN RAINFALL
'As recorded by Manson S'ilea for TV A)
Wednesday, none; Thursday,
none; Friday, none; Saturday,
none; Sunday, none; Monday,
none; Tuesday, none; Wednes
day, none.