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VOL LXIV? NO. IS
nUNDJN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAT S, 1M1
U. S. Forest Sells Timber For Million
y 1 ?
Name Sloan Head
Of School Board
New Group Appoints
Committees For 3
Districts
Bob S. Sloan was unanimously
Sifted chairman of the Macon
County board of education, at
the new board's first meeting
Monday
Mr. Sloan, who has served on
the board for the past four
years, was nominated by Tll
lery T. Love, and the nomina
tion was seconded by J. C. Sor
rells. Charles W. Nolen and
Walter Gibson are the other
members of the new board.
The board, which was sworn
in two weeks ago, also appoint
ed the school committees for
three districts in the county.
School Board To Elect
Superintendent June 4
The eounty hoard of edu
cation will elect a county su
perintendent of schools June
4, according to a legal notice
the board publishes in this
lam* of The Press. The law
rtqnires the beard to give
IMllw of intention to elect a
superintendent is days before
nifffrfrtg thl appointment. The
mlaalisR of G, ,L Honk, the
retiring superintendent. will
>nwi effective lm 30.
Before appointing the school
committeemen, the board agreed
not to appoint any man whose
wtU teaches in a county school.
The decision was by agreement
among the board members, and
was not put in the form of a
motion.
Appointment of the Highlands
district committee was the sub
ject of most discussion. A let
ter was read from -the High
lands Parent-Teacher associa
tion endorsing James Crawford,
James Beal, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Valentine for committeemen; if
fire were to be appointed, the
V, T. A. favored Fred Vinson
and Sidney McCarty as the
additional members.
Chairman Sloan read a peti
tion from a group in Highlands
??king for the appointment of
Mr. McCarty, Crawford, and Mr.
Beal.
And Mr. Olbson said he had
attended a meeting In High
lands at which Mr. Crawford,
Mr. McCarty and Walter Bry
son were favored.
It was decided to name five
committeemen for each district,
and the board chose Mr. Bry
soh, Mr. Crawford, Mr. McCarty,
Mr. Beal, and Mr. Vinson as
.members of the Highlands com
fnKtee.
Appointments ror ine outer
tm> districts:
District l (Franklin) Harve
L. Bryant, George Byrd, B. E.
Crawford. Oven Ammoiu and
John I, Cabe.
District 2 (Nantahal?> Weim
ar Cochran, Luther Jacobs,
Homer Pasamore, Richard Can
ity , and Warren Owen by.
Committeemen are appointed
(or two-year terms. Their chief
duty is the appointment of a
district principal who is em
powered to recommend teacher
appointment*. The right to re
ject 'or approve teacher recom
mendation* rests with the board
of education.
Committeemen who serred
during the past two-year term
were: District J, A. R. Higdon,
John E. Cabe, Charles Sutton,
Crawford, and Joel Pat
too. District 2, Weimar Coch
ran, CJint May, and Newell
Baldwin, District S, Prank Potts,
Sidney MeCarty, and Walter
Bryson.
A motion by Mr. Nolen that
the school in the Cartoogechaye
community be named the "Car
toogechaye school" was passed.
The present school is known as
. ?fltagle school".
thatJC. J. Carpenter, principal
of the Co wee school, had noti
fied him of his resignation, ef
?' fectlve at the and of this school
7**r.
Recently elected officer* of
Dm Cullasaja Parent-Teacher
aMMiation will be installed at
? pt the MtMMi
Total Of 102
Pints Given
Bloodmobile
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile collected 102 pints
of blood from Macon County
donors at the Presbyterian
church, last Wednesday, while
on Its second visit here since
the first of the year.
Although It had been hoped
that ISO pints of the life-giving
blood would be given for the
country's fighting men over
seas, officials were pleased with
the response.
Collection hours were from
11 a. m. to 5 p. m. By 3:30
o'clock only SO pints had been
received, according to Mrs. J.
Ward Long, secretary of the
local Red Cross chapter, but a
steady flow of donors from that
hour on pushed the figure be
yond the MO-mark.
"Considering the small amount
we had by the middle of the
afternoon," he said, "the final
results more than pleased us.
We wish to thank everyone who
donated."
The mobile unit, from the
regional blood center In Ashe
rJUe, appeared here under tjie
Joint sponsorship of the Reg
Cross and ttof Veterans of For
eign War* Members ef
the V. F. W. auxiliary served
refiwstuMBts and assisted with
here In Feb
ed ISA pints of blood, which
was flown direct to the fight
ing front In Kore*,
County-Wide
Field Event
Is Scheduled
A county-wide Junior Athletic
Field day, under the sponsor
ship of the Franklin Rotary
club, will be held on the Frank
lin High school athletic field
tomorrow (Friday) afternoon
beginning at noon.
Children, boys and girls,
from til* fifth through the
eighth grades, art eligible to
enter the event. Ralph: McCon
nell, Franklin High coach, will
be In charge.
Individual winner* will be
awarded eaah prises by the Ro*
tary club. Award* will not be
made on a school basis, but
the school making the highest
score will be announced and
recognised, according to Clay
ton Ramsey, field day commit
tee chairman. Schools will be
allowed only one entry In each
event.
Following are events planned
for girls:' 50-yard dash, 200
yard relay (four girls), soft
ban thrown for distance, soft
ball throw tor accuracy, stand
ing broad Jump, basketball free
yard dash, 400-yard relay, bask
for distance.
Boys' events include standing
broad Jump, 50-yard dash, 100
yard dash, 400-yadl relay, bask
etball throw tor accuracy, bask
etball free throw, football
throw for distance, and foot
ball kick for distance.
Girl Scout Jamboree
To Be Held At Murphy
Plans are now being made
to hold a Girl Scout Jamboree
for Scouts In the Nantahala
area in Murphy May 12, Mrs.
B. H. Brumby, who Is In charge
of arrangements, announced
this week. The time and place
tor the Jamboree will be made
publle later, she said.
MnraM GROUP TO MtZT
The Western Worth Carolina
Miners aseociation, recently or
ganised here, will hold a meet
ing at the Agricultural bulld
noulitt4 hSjf^Jtw Mi1
3P
Red Cross
Here Exceeds Its Quota
By $50
The Rev. C. E. Murray, chair
man of this year's Red Cross
fund drive, announced this
week that Macon County had
topped Its $2,836 quota by ap
proximately $50.
The drive, slated to end
March 31, was extended for an
Indefinite period, after the
county failed to make Its quota
by the end of March. This
year's goal represented an in
crease of approximately 38 per
cent over last year's.
"I would like to take this op
portunity," the chairman said,
"to thank each and everyone
who contributed to (his worthy
cause, especially the county
workers who were instrumental
in helping us reach the larger
goal."
Mr. Murray also expressed his
appreciation to James Beal, who
headed the Highlands campaign,
and to the citizens of High
lands for theelr response.
DEAN OF IMC.
TO SPEAK HERE
Weaver Will Address
Rotary Ladies'
Night Meet
Fred H. Weaver, dean of men
at the University of North Car
olina, Chapel Hill, has accepted
an Invitation to address the an
nual ladles' night program of
tip Ffanklln Rotary club, it was
announced at last week's meet
ing 0f the plub.
TOP Isles' night dinner eveijt
Is art lor 8
The teat wwk v#te<i
to Writ# members el the high
land# Rotary olutj and their
"Rotary Anns" to meet with tfte
Franklin group for the event.
President John B. Ray ap
pointed two committees to plan
for the event. John M. Archer,
ft, and S W Renshaw were
named ? ppmmittee to m?fce
plans fer the dinner] and J p.
Jacob* and H, ??. Jone# were
appointed to arrange for favors
for the ladles.
Last week's program, under
the direction of John W. Ed
wards, Scoutmaster of the Sen
ior unit here, was a film show
ing scenes from last summer's
Scout jamboree at Valley Forge,
Penn. life Scout Ben Edwards
and Star 8cout Robert Slier,
who attended the jamboree, ex
plained the film as it was
shown.
Cub Scouts
Plan Picnic, Games,
Ceremony
Outdoor games and a picnic
ftupper will Ipatwrp the monthly
meeting of the Franklin cub
ftXHlt paok at Arrowood Olade
Sunday from J p. jn. to 5:30
p. m., John l* Crawford, cub
master, announoed this week.
For the past month, Mr.
Crawford said, the pack has
been concentrating on outdoor
games and a number of events
will be demonstrated by indiv
idual dens. In addition, dens
and Individuals will compete
against each other in feats of
?kill, including racing, and
Jumping. Prises are to he award
ed to the dens and individuals
making the highest scores.
Following a picnic supper, a
charter presentation ceremony
will be held, he said. -
Cub scouts and their parents,
and all parents of boys from
8 to 11 years of age, are In
vited to attend. The admission
charge, Mr. Crawford said, will
be a well-filled lunch basket.
SPRING CONCERT
(OF SCHOOL HERE
SET FORSUNDAY
Band And Choral Groups
To Give Program
At Theatre At 5
The annual spring concert o I
the music department of the
Franklin High school will be
presented at the Macon The
atre Sunday afternoon at 5
o clock, it was announced this
week by 8. F. (Sammy) Beck
director.
There will be no admission
C^?r?e t0T **** Goncert, which
will immedtetelj follqw tl)e rpg
&rSS tAerMOn
The program will be presented
by the combined band and
choral group*, and Mr. Beck
this week announced the pro
gram as follows:
The combined band and chor
al groups ?
Boaster March, by Klein; If
Thiw Be Near, Bach; Stout
Hearted Men, Romberg; Over
ture, Beau Sabreur, Ollvadotl;
Show Boy March, Huff.
Intermission.
M??ys' chorus, Gospel Train,
Nobel Cain; girls' chorus, In A
Monastery Garden, Ketelbey
boys' quartet, Song of Freedom',
Hoffman; mixed quartet. Sleigh
Ride, Kountz.
Band?
Bass solo. Rocked In The
Cradle of The Deep, Delamater
Bryant Hurst; Anchors Aweigh
March, L. Miles; Pan is Angeli
cus, Franck; Bass quartet, Carry
Me Back To Ole Virglny, Foster;
Saskatchewan Overture, Holmes;
Girl Scouts
And Adult Leaders Givsp
'WqrjfPini
flifl Scoots and adult leaden
from Franklin and Highlands
received World pins at the firat
Nantah?j? area Oirl Scout court
of awards held in Bryson city
Sunday afternoon.
n.M?' C- N. Dowdie. chairman
of the Franklin troop commit
tee, was presented a five-year
service pin.
Adult leaders from Franklin
awarded World pins were:
Mrs. R. g. Lichenstein, county
chairman Mrs. C. N Dowdie.
Mrs Gilmer a. Jones, city
chairman, Mrs. Lucy Collier
Mrs. J. Horner Stockton, Mrs.'
R. R. Gaines, Mrs. Marian Bag
well, Mrs. John D. Alsup Mrs
Caroline Cogan, Miss ' Lela
Moore Hall and MIm Mildred
Cabe, troop leaders, Fran
ces Barr, and the Rev. A. Rufus
Morgan.
Highlands leaders given pins
Included Mrs. ^u^lor N h*11,
Mrs. Robert B. ??rly, Mrs. J. W.
Reece, Pity phalrman, M r?. Reb
?fi Otortnoe Mitch,
ell, Mrs. Thomas Harbison. Mrs
PYank B. Cook, Mrs. John Burn
ette, Mrs. o. F. Summer, Mrs.
J:.M Valentine, and mi?? Dor
othea Harbison.
5-Man Draft Call
For This County
Today Is Canceled
A draft call tor five Macon
County men to report to Char
lotte today (Thursday) for In
duction into the army has been
canceled on orders from state
selective service headquarters
In Raleigh, the local draft board
board announced this week.
No reason for the cancella
tion was given, according to W.
". Sloan, board chairman.
Franklin And Highlands
To Pick Town Officials
In Balloting On Tuesday
in Dienmai nonpartisan elec
tions Tuesday, voters In Frank
lin and Highlands will go to
the polls to pick town officials.
Polls will open at 0:30 a. m.
and close at 6:30 p. m.
Fifteen men are in the Frank
lin races, Including two mem
bers of the present board of
aldermen. In Highlands, Mayor
W. H. Cobb Is unopposed, all
of the present five-man board
of commissioners filed for re
election. Four new candidates
tossed their hate into the ring
fgr commissioners' seats.
Seeking election M mayor of
Franklin are T- W. Annul, Jr.,
owner of Angel's Drug store,
who served as mayor from 1945
to 1949, and Robert M. Dlllard,
retired attorney.
In the alderman's race are
Erwln Patton and Verlon Swaf
ford, members of the present
board, and Prelo J. Dryman,
Armour O. Cagle, Mack Franks, {
H. Paul West, William H. Mc- |
Clure, J. Prank Martin, J. C.
Jacobs, T. L. Jamison, Curtis
Pearson, Frank Leach, and Os
car Ledford.
Under the town charters,
Franklin has six aldermen and
Highlands five on Its board of
commiisslonera.
Members of the present High
lands board of commissioners
seeking reelection are C. Ed
ward Potts, J. W. Rice, Sr.,
Charles J. Anderson, Tudor N.
Hall, and Hwy A- Holt. New
camUdat?M art Dr. Jessie Z.
Mure land, H. 8. Talley, Olenn
Shuler, and John H. C. Perry.
Richard Thompson has been
appointed registrar and O. W.
Edwards and T. B. Plcklesimer
were appointed Judges in the
Highlands election.
For the Franklin polling, John
M. Moore was appointed regis
trar and L. C. Hlgdon and
James A. Palmer were named
judges.
350 Attend
Van Raalte
Pin Party
Approximately 350 persons
donned paper hats, abused
noise makers, and Joined In the
fun at the third annual Van
Raalte pin party Saturday night
at Cullasaja school.
Pins were present U} 31
plant emplgyeaf wfte foav? tj^en
witfc &e Raalte company
here mare than a year. O. W.
ShartU celebrated his Slat year
with the concern, and John
Cogan his 12th. Pin presenta
tions were made by g. W- Mae
beft, 8eu^ern Bla??t? ??WKCT
Pol? PMteq. 9f MerBftnton,
launched iRtq life topic, "A Pew
(V) Remarks", and
cracked Jokes with such lire
cracker rapidity that many were
drowned out with laughter
from a previous one.
Ik W. Orlffls, vice-president
of the Van Raalte company,
made a brief address to the
group, complimenting the em
ployes on the fine work the
plant has been doing. N. L.
Gilbert, of Blue Ridge , Ga ,
served as master of ceremonies.
Following five rounds of
Bingo, with many attractive
prizes, refreshments were serv
ed by members of the Culla
saja Parent-Teacher associa
tion.
Square dancing, with music
by Ralph Penland and his band,
climaxed the evening's fun.
Plant employes receiving pins
were Mamie Raby, Hetty Wan
ting ton, Alex Plgdpn, Ruth
Brown, Orevep Amy, veima
SMlee, Pharlw Sttlw, John
Ansel. John Evans, James Oliv
er. Glynn Buroh, Algle McCall,
Hrwln Dowdle, Prances Shep
herd, Leon Sellers, Frederick
Cunningham, Hilton Wallace,
Jesse Sanders, Hershell Keener,
George Roper, Bill Raby, John
Seay, Prltchard Chastain, Floyd
Cruse, Newell Owenby, James
Donaldson, Lyle Dills, Paul Ray,
Lucille Johnson, Vergle Bald
win, and Edith Mallonee.
American Legion Post No. 108
will hold Its annual election of
officers at Its meeting tonight
(Thursday) at the Slagle Me
morial building, it was announc
ed this week. The officers chos
en tonight will be installed at
the June meeting. E. W. Ren
shaw, post commander, called
attention to the change in the
hour of meeting to 8 p. m.
Children's 'Style Show' It Hit Of 'Morning Coffee'
Same 50 children, from tod
dler* to teen-agers, d Lip laying
all the poise and dignity of
professional models, were the
nit* .of their own style show
Tuesday moraine at Single Me
morial building.
The show was the crowning
feature of a benefit "morning
coffee", given by Circle Mo/1
of the franklin Methodist
Woman'* tofttty of christian
Prim little miMM, very much
at ease whether modeling
starched dresses, play clothe*,
or bathing suits, paraded to the
reviewing stand to give append*
mately 100 women promt a
turn-around preview of the very
latest In children's apparel.
The costumes wort provided
by the children's sohp.
I Recent graduates mm the
, "trawler mm' rw?ila?< ereet
I while taMMMni Uny UM fuk*
long and completed their exits
from the center of attraction
without reverting to their
kXIMS.
Following the ihow, recita
tion? were given by Douglai
Pearaon, Nancy Slier, and Re
becca fteetea.
Although a number of tick
et* had not been turned In,
mtmben of the circle reported
that approximately Its vat
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. FERGUSON
Rites For Well Known
Macon Woman Held
On Wednesday
Mrs. Myrtle Gray Ferguson,
66, a native of Mftean County,
died Tuesday morning at her
hcjm? tn the Rabbit Creek sec
tion following a long illness.
Funeral services were held
yesterday (Wednesday) morning
at 11 o'clock at the Holly
Springs Baptist church. The
Rev. Arvil Swafford and the
R^v, 0- I* Grant officiated.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery
Born August 16, 1884, Mrs.
Ferguson was the daughter of
George and Mrs. Eugenia Slagle
Gray. She was a member of the
Bethel Methodist church and
the P. 8. Johnston Bible class
of the Franklin Methodist
church.
Survivors Include her hus
band, John S. Ferguson; one
daughter, Mrs. Robert Fulton,
of Cullasaja; two sons, James
Riley, of Los Angeles, Calif.,
and Charles J., of Franklin,
Route 4; three sisters, Mrs.
Charles McClure, of DUlard, Ga.,
Route 1, Mrs. James B. Med
ford, of Clyde, and Mrs. R. L.
Cook, of Rabun Gap, Ga.; three
brothers, J. E. Gray, of Sedro
Woolley, Wash., J. J. and J. 8.
Gray, of Franklin, Route 8; and
fiye grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Weimar
young, Bob Taylor. Owen Am
nions, Coley and Clyde Quest,
and R. B. Corbln.
Funeral arrangements were
under the direction of Bryant
funeral home.
Baccalaureate
The Rev. M. W. Chapman,
pastor of the First Baptist
church, will deliver the bacca
laureate sermon to Franklin
High's graduating class May 27
at Macon theatre, R. G. Sutton,
principal, announced this week.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan,
Episcopal rector, will pronounce
the Invocation and the bene
diction at the service. The
Scripture lesson will be pre
sented by the Rev. C. E. Mur
ray, pastor of the Franklin
Methodist church.
Other features of the pro
gram will include a trumpet
solo, Nevin's "Rosary", by 8. F.
Beck, high school band direc
tor, and a rendition, of Kopy
low's "Heaveniy Light" by the
high school choral group.
The recessional will be the
march from "Tannhauser", by
Wagner. Music for the service
Is under the direction of Mrs.
Henry W. cabe, Miss Alice
Weaver, and Mr. Beck.
The quarantine placed on
Macon County dogs in Febru
ary, following a widespread out
break of rabies, was lifted this
week. Removal of the ban ap
plies only to those dogs In the
county which turn bwn met
hated
MACON TO GET
$83,000 as rrs
SHAREOFFUND
Clay County Sale Is
Biggest Ever Held
In This Region
At a national forest timber
auction sale here Tuesday after
noon at the Agricultural build
ing a Georgia lumbering con
cern bid a high of $875,710 lor
rights to log an estimated 27,
500,000 board feet of timber In
the Nantahala National Forest.
Total cost to the lumber
company went over the million
dollar mark with the addition
of $27,500 earmarked for sale
area betterment.
Timber for sale Is the stand
on approximately 13,221 acres,
marked for cutting, within the
sale area of the Fire's Creek
wildlife management area In
Clay county. The auction, ac
cording to Forest Service offic
ials, was the largest, In volume
and price, ever conducted In a
national forest in the Appa
lachian area.
Sale of the timber will haw
a direct bearing on th* Maran
County finances over the eight
year sale period. B- W, Renshaw,
supervisor of tlM Nantahala
Forest, said, considering the
present sale price of the tim
ber, that this county's treas
ury will profit by approximate
ly $83,000 during the eight-year
logging operation. The Forest
Bervice turns over a propor
tionate share of the forest's
stum page receipts each year to
counties which have national
forest acreage within their
boundaries.
The high bidding company,
E. L. Weissinger Lumber . com
pany, of Clayton, Oa.. outbid
the W. M. Hitter Lumber com
pany, of Columbus, 'Ohio, after
other bidders withdrew as the
price rose. The Ohio concern
bid $965,280 before bowing out
to the million dollar figure
named by the other company.
Other firms bidding in the
four-way competition were the
Commonwealth Lumber com
pany, of Murphy, and the Qen
nett Lumber company, of Ashe
vllle.
A bid of $616,620, submitted
by the Ritter company, started
the auction on Its way. During
the first hour of the two-hour
session, jump-bids ranged as
high as $57,000. Jump bidding
between the Welsslnger and the
Ritter company, as the figure
approached the million mark,
ranged from approximately $1,
000 to $24,000.
Following are the prices paid
by the high bidder: (BF stands
for board feet and the price
paid Is per thousand board feet)
Chestnut, 800.600 bf. $3; yellow
poplar, 3,000.000 bf, $80: white
oak, 2.600,000 bf. $64; Oroup I
(northern red oak and black
cherry) 4,510,000 bf, $55; Oroup
2 (white pine, pitch pine, short
leaf pine) 350,000 bf, $34; Oroup
3 (red maple, sugar maple,
birch, bass wood, ash, cucumber)
2,750,000 bf. $32; Oroup 4 (chest
nut oak, black oak, black locust,
butternut) 7,960,000 bf. $S1;
Oroup 5 (hickory, black gum,
scarlet and S. R. oak, sllyerbell,
buckeye. sycamore. wahoo,
beech, hemlock) 5,530,000 bf, $10.
These prices, Mr. Renabaw
said, do not include the extra
$1 per thousand feet charged
for sale area betterment.
Operetta
Two operaettas will be pre
sented by first, second, and
third grade pupils from Frank
lin school May 11 at Maooo
theatre, Miss Alice Weaver, pub
lic school music teacher, an
nounced this week.
More than 375 children will
take part. The first grade will
give "The Adventures of Goldi
locks", and the second and
third grades combined will pre
sent "Merry Old Soul".
The performanoe will be tor
parents. Two addlttn? 1 per
formance* are being planned
for the benefit of students who
would Ilk* to attend, Date* tor
the extra ihwitngs will to ?*?
nouneeg later, Mtas Wnm Ml*