MAKIN' MACON ? Sports Rounds By J. P. BRADY This column, most certainly the most outcast of The Press, might appear this week and It might not! It it doesn't, no ser ious complications will arise, no foreign policy will be changed, In fact, nothing will happen. If It doesn't appear in print, The Press readers will still be able to pull out the hairy laugh maker about "reading The Press before going to sleep and hav ing nothing on the mind." FISH Pishing seems to be taking up most of the headlines every where, and in Macon County it Is no exception. Some of you avid bream hook wetters are going to hate to hear the following tale about a catch last week. It concerns a 12 pound catch, sopping wet! Elbert Hedden dropped by the office last Tuesday with a string of bream, eight to be ex act, everyone from eight to nine Just A Reminder to you . . . about our new location. Visit us in our new place in V. F. W. BUILDING On PALMER STREET Just West of Traffic Light. THE NORMANDIE ED COATES, Mgr. GIFT SUGGESTIONS: ? Shaeffcr Pens ? Pipes ? Travel Kits ? Electric Razors ? Shaving Sets ? Eastman Cameras ? Candy ? Ronson Lighters ? Bill Folds ? Hair Crushes ? Thermos Bottles PERRY'S DRUG STORE Serving Macon County Since 1887 Inches from stem to stern. For this time of the year that sure Is a mess of bream. The strange thing tho', Is some of the Unny articles were caught with a liz ard. Could it be that the dry spell for the past five weeks whetted the appetite of the fish? Under noimal conditions, the aristocratic bream wouldn't look sideways at a lizard. Just to even things up, Mr. Hodden threaded his hook with a minnow and hauled out a nice three and a half pound bass. Incidentally, just for the rec ord, Mr. Hedden caught the rec ord bream last year, a 12 incher weighing a pound and a half. Looks like he has a good start on things this year. All of the catch was haWed out of yon Nantahala lake, which Is low enough after the dry weather to put even an average fisherman closer to the bottom and the fish. Gneiss By MRS. F. E. WASHBURN Mrs. Catherine Russell con tinues in very poor health, we are sorry to say. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hedden and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hedden and children, of Asheville, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Berry and children, of Cowee, and Mrs. Martha Dowdle, of Franklin, have all visited Mrs. Jack Berry, who is very ill. We wish her a speedy re covery. Two young preacher boys National Forest Timber For Sale Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Nan tahala National Forest, Frank lin, North Carolina, up to and not later than 2:00 p. m., July 16, 1951, and opened immediate ly thereafter for all the timber marked for cuttihg, live or dead, standing or down, located on an area embracing about 535 acres within the Smart Branch, Dryman Branch and Shoal Creek Unit of Middle Creek, Little Tennessee River water shed, Nantahala National For est, Macon County, North Caro lina, in the total number of 2,199 trees of the species listed below. No bid of less than $9, 907.33 as a lump sum payment will be considered. In addition to the price bid for stumpage a total deposit of $762.99 will be required for sale area bet terment work. In addition to the above amounts any un marked timber which is author ized for cutting in connection with road construction or other Improvements or which is oth erwise cut and subject to pay ment will be paid for at the following current rates for stumpage; Northern red oak, white oak, yellow poplar and black cherry $35.00; basswood, ash and birch $25.00; red maple and cucumber $24.00; black oak, chestnut oak and pitch pine $17.00; chestnut, Virginia pine and hemlock, $9.00; and scarlet oak, black gum and buckeye $8.00 per MBM. $2,000.00 must accompany each bid to be ap plied to the purchase price, re funded or retained in part as liquidated damages, according to conditions of sale. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Before bids are sub mitted, full information con cerning the timber, the condi tions of sale and submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Supervisor, Franklin, North Carolina. J14 and Jly5 OLD MILL INN V2 Mile West of Dillsboro SUGGESTS: For Your Dining Pleasure THE FINEST OF FOODS Prepared by Chef Ray Collier Serving Daily 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. WE CATER TO PARTIES MR. AND MRS. U O. APPLET, Your Host* This Week With Macon County Agents By Mrs. Barbara B. Hunnicult JUNE IS DAIRY MONTH The 15th Annual June cam paign, planned and sponsored by the dairy industry to help the nation's consumers becoipe better acquainted with the nu tritional and economic signifi cance of milk and milk prod ucts, is now under way in every state. In Macon County, two team demonstrations a:e being pre pared by 4-H club members to be given in July in the District Dairy Foods demonstrations in Murphy. These girls are Carlene Sorrells, daughter of Mr. and Mis. J. C. Sorrells; Nancy Ram sey, daughter of Mrs. Ardenia Ramsey, Edwina Bryson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bry son and Nancy Cabe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cabe. These girls are stressing the use of milk and milk products in the diet. It has often been said that life begins and ends with milk as the main item of the diet, and true it is that milk is an important item in the diet of every age group. It has long been recognized that milk contains many nutri ents essential for good growth and the proper development of bones and teeth. Consequently, milk has been strongly recom mended for infants and children for many years. But once the child has grown into an adult, why drink milk then? Many people still believe that milk is one of those childish things that should be "put away" when one becomes an adult, but scientists have found that this should not be the case. To Insure good health and to be able to maintain that feel ing of vim, vigor, and vitality for a long period of years, one needs certain of those vitamins and minerals that milk con from Bob Jones university are to conduct the services at the Walnut Creek community church Sunday afternoon. Will you come? The Ledford Branch road is now graveled all the way. The main Walnut Creek road is graveled to Mrs. Gertrude Strain's home. lalns. Everyone is Interested in reeling young and staying ac tive, maintaining the prime of ?lie as long as possible; milk will help achieve that aim. Then for the person who has reached that stage of iife when the body processes ? are slowing down and appetite is not so keen, milk again is one of the important foods to consider since it offers so many of the essential nutrients in a lelative ly small volume of iood. Throughout life it is easy to see that milk goes right along with every age, playing an ac tive role in making the body strong and healthy, and in maintaining it in that state. It would behoove each of us to be certain that milk Is includ ed in some way in the diet to make sure the child gets 3 to 4 glasses per day, and the adult, 2 to 3 glasses daily. North Carolina has had 10 capitals. Before the seat of gov ernment was established in Ral eigh in 1792, it was in Edenton, New Bern, Bath, Wilmington, Hillsboro, Halifax, Smithfield, Fayetteville and Tarboro. CARD OF THANKS We thank "our friends for the offerings they gave us through sickness of oar little boys. Mr. and Mrs. Woodroe Mason Lucky 13 Has a perfect chug ging action when jerked and a life like action on the retrieve. Unexcelled as a casting and trolling lure. Gets both fresh and saltwater fish. A great favorite in lakes. Floating-Diving % oz. Heddon Made Is Well Made FRANKLIN HARDWARE CO Always Parkinf On The Square Phone 117 FRANKLIN, N. C. The Indian population in America.' was recently estimated at 846,030. Say: "1 saw it advertised in The I'rcss" ANNOUNCEMENT I Have Installed Equipment for the Manufacture and Repair of Neon Signs In Addition to my Regular Work. W. L. Hal! . . Signs I Box 21S Franklin, N. C. Sajr:J'l saw it advertised In The ~7?gl = Give, father, a Treat . . . bring him ouf to dinner 1 1 Our Menu For Father's Day (Sunday, June 17) ii BAKED TURKEY WITH DRESSING AND GRAVY GREEN BEANS ? BUTTERED SQUASH CELERY SALAD HOT ROLLS COFFEE, TEA OR MILK CHERRY COBLER DRYMAN'S CAFE ? - All Kinds of Vacation Supplies (steam CAROLINA PHARMACY Macon County's Pioneer In Fair Drug Prices Phone 84 Franklin, N. C. Here's 180 Horsepower... on regular grade gas-Nojwr?, NEW YORKER NEWPORT It's always interesting to hear about future looking experiments with new super engines to run on new super-octane fuels. ..someday. But it's even more interesting to hear today's real life, on-the-highway talk about Chrysler's new super-performing FirePower engine. FirePower takes any regular grade gas you care to buy . . . and adds its own 180 HORSEPOWER Her.. *. Hemiaphericsl Combustion Chamber that's the heart of Chrysler PirePower. Its new, designed-in "mechanical octanes" make regular grade gas do what best premium grades can't do in any other ?ngine you can drive today! new mechanical octanes to the power giving octanes of the gasoline itself. The result is 180 horsepower performance such as no other passenger car built in the U.S. today can equal. If you haven't driven Chrysler FirePower yet, your Chrysler dealer invites you to do so now. It's the most revolutionary engine in 27 years. It offers highway satisfaction and safety such as you've never known. And it's a sounder engine other ways than any other on the road. Its new design keeps it almost completely carbon-free. It is smooth and quiet . . . but also rugged ; ' i ? ? " i and strong and free from need for great attention and repair. Now remember that this same new Chrys ler offers you the new Hydraguide power steering* . ..plus the amazing new rough road stability of Oriflow shock absorbers . . . plus Water-Proof Ignition, and Vacu Ease ChfySl^r Cyclebonded super-brakes . . . then come see what we mean when we t ;?ay the car of your tomorrow is right here for you to drive . . . today, and for years j , to comf! . ' i *Hydra4uide regular on Crown ImperiaU, optional mi extra coat on other Imperial and New Yorker model** Chrysler FirePower finest engine ever put in an automobile MASHBURN-SORRELLS MOTOR CO. Phone 281 Eart Main Street - Franklin, N. C

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