67TH YEAR ' * Western North Carolina'* Oldest Weekly Newspaper file franklin if Wt* l^iaWan^ JBaconian CIRCULATION LAST WEEK 2694 Cear Ago Last Week - 2442 J VOL. LXVn? NO. 5 COUNTY HOME CLUB LEADERS FOR '52NAMED Officers, Project Heads For Macon Groups Installed Officers, project leaders, and committee chairmen for 1952, recently were elected by Macon County's 19 home demonstration clubs. The names of the officers and leaders for each club were made public this week' by Mrs. Flor ence 8. Sherrlll, county home demonstration agent. All offic ers hare been installed and have taken over duties In the clubs, she said. Following are club officers, project leaders, and committee chairmen: Carson Chapel: Mrs. Dan Rey nolds, president, Mrs. J. R. Ray, vice-president, Mrs. Glen Hast ings, secretary, Mrs. Earl Cabe, treasurer. Projects: Mrs. Leona W. Moore, foods and nutrition, Miss Nora Leach, home gardens, Mrs. J. C. Dowdle, home poultry, Mrs. Gilmer Waldroop, home dairy, Mrs. Frank Reece, food preser vation, Mrs. Van Frazer, house furnishings, Mrs. Zeb Conley, home management, 'Mrs. Earl Cabe, family life, Mrs. Marie Rogers, home beautification, Mrs. Homer Green, clothing, Mrs. J. R. Ray, arts and crafts. Chairmen: Mrs. John Alsup, community service, Mrs. F. E. Brown, health, Mrs. Frank Reece, education, Mrs. Adolph Zoellner, citizenship, Mrs. W. N. Cook, recreation, Mrs. Ed Car penter, music. Cartoagechaye: Mrs. E. M. Mc Nish, president, Mrs. H. C. Hurst, rice-president, Miss Sally Kesler, secretary. Projects: Mrs. E. M. McNish, foods and nutrition, Mrs. E. S. Purdom, home gardens and home beautification, Mrs. W. N. Dalrymple, home poultry, Mrs. H. C. Hurst, food preservation, Mrs. T. H. McNish, home furn ishings, home management, clothing, Mrs. Fred Slagle, fam ily life, Miss Sally Kesler, arts and crafts. Chairmen: Mrs. W. N. Dal rymple, community service, Mrs. C. B. Yeargan, health, Mrs. Earl Harrison, education and citizen ship, Mrs. Joe Setser, recreation, Mrs. E. M. McNlsh, markets, Mrs. Bryan Setser, 4-H leader. Miss Sally Kesler, music, Mrs. Fred Slagle, publicity. Oowee: Mrs. George Byrd, president, Mrs. Carr Bryson, vice-president, Mrs. R. D. West, secretary, Mrs. Fred McGaha, treasurer. Projects: Mrs. Frank Gibson, foods and nutrition, Mrs. S. C. Leatherman, home gardens, Mrs. Carr Bryson, home poultry and clothing, Mrs. Robert Bryson, food preservation, Mrs. 8. W. Carter, house furnishings, Mrs. Fred McGaha, home manage ment, Mrs. George Byrd, family Me, Mrs. Joe Rickman, home beautiflcatlon, Mrs. R. L. Mc Gaha and Mrs. Joe Rickman, arts and crafts. Chairmen: Mrs. W. C. Shef field, community service, Mrs. George Byrd, health, Mrs. Ralph West, education, Mrs. Judd Hurst, citizenship, Mrs. Ed Brog den, recreation, Mrs. 8. W. Car ter, markets, Mrs. Will Allen, 4-H club leader, Mrs. Carr Bry son, music. Clark's Chapel: Mrs. Wiley Brown, president, Mrs. Roy Wig gins, vice-president, Mrs. Anna Franklin, secretary, Mrs. Harley Wiggins, treasurer. Projects: Mrs. Wiley Brown, foods and nutrition and arts and crafts, Mrs. Roy Wigglrn, home gardens, Mrs. Anna Fr*. i lln, home poultry and clothing, Mrs. Frank Brown, food preser vation, Mrs. Harley Wiggins, house furnishings and home management Mrs. Ardell Cabe, family life, Mrs Dorothy Ashe, home beautiflcatlon. > Chairmen: Mrs. Purley Med lin, health, Mrs. Frank Brown, citizenship. Cnllaaaja: Mrs. Fred Norris, ! president, Mrs. Fred Corbin, vice-president, Mrs. Prltchard , 1 SEE NO. 1, PAGE 4 ' j PLAN LAY SERVICE An Episcopal lay service will i be conducted at the Franklin i church Sunday nt 1! a. m. by : Allan Brooks, it was announced ] {his week. |i Gyp Artists Take Macon Families Of Korean Dead With Old Picture Racket Those get-rich-quick artists, who "took" a number of Ma con County citizens during World War II, are here again, this time preying on the fam ilies of deceased Korean War veterans, R. E. (Tony) Welch, local veterans' service officer, reported this week. One family already has- fallen for the slick-tongued salesman ship of a "photographic repro duction" peddler, according to the veterans' .office. Possibly more have succvlmbed to the of fer, and still others will be ap proached, he added. These salesmen are reaping profits in excess of 600 per cent of the actual cost. They use the "sentimental approach", urging the families, "you owe this to your boy". Their method of op eration roughly is as follows: Either through newspapers or talk, they obtain the name and address of a deceased service man's family. Approaching the family, they offer to reproduce pictures of the servicemen. In the reported case here, the salesman offered to give the family seven 9 by 13 tinted re productions for $$7.50. The fam ily turned over a $50 down payment, the balance to be paid, according to the contract sign- 1 ed by the father, when the pic- 1 60 From Over County Study Parents' Job Approximately 60 persons, representing every school In the county except two, and includ ing a number of persons not members of P. T. A.'s, attended the annual P. T. A. parent edu cation study course held at the East Franklin school last Wed nesday. It was the Franklin associa tion's annual study course, and other schools In the county were invited. Participation in four hours' parent education study Is one of the requirements for a standard P. T. A. The program was marked by talks, a "capsule" discussion, and a motion picture. At noon, those attending were guests of the East Franklin school at lunch. The Rev. M. W. Chapman , First Baptist pastor here, con ducted the devotional and made a talk on child-parent relation ships, basing his remarks on the Biblical story of Absalom. Frs. Weimar Jones, parent ed ucation chairman of the Frank lin P. T. A., who was In charge, spoke an the what, why and how of parent education, and Mrs. Dan Reynolds, secretary of the county council of home demonstration clubs, discussed problems of the pre-school and elementary school child. Her talk was followed by the "capsule" discussion, led by Mrs. Janes, during which the group divided for four "buzz" ses sions. After lunch, the leader of the foar groups reported their discussions, and a general round table followed. A motion picture on "home management" was shown at the afternoon session. East Franklin eighth grade girls took care of small chil dren brought by their mothers, at an Improvised kindergarten held during the session. Charles G. Hughes, On Duty In Korea, Given Promotion Charles G. Hughes, of Frank lin, Route 1, recently was pro moted to sergeant first class while serving with the 7th In fantary division In Korea, ac cording to n army announce ment. Sgt. Hughes, a platoon ser geant In the- 32nd regiment, en tered the army In March, 1946, and left for Korea In October, 1951. He recently was awarded the Korean Service ribbon, with one campaign star and the com bat infantryman badge. In recent months, the an nouncement said, the 7th Divi sion has been patroling and probing entrenched Communist positions north of the 38th par- ( Ulei I tures are delivered. This con tract, now in Mr. Welch's pos session, promises delivery on or AFTER the 15th of January. It is the general case for a con tract to stipulate on or BEFORE a certain date. (The dictionary defines After as "later", with no definite time limitation). This Is the profit! Local pho tographers agreed Tuesday that a reputable photograpric con cern could turn out the same pictures offered for about $2 per picture, or $14 for the seven, and still make a small profit. On the basis of this figure, these itinerate picture peddlers are making about 500 per cent profits. But there is still more profit, according to the contract, if the salesman puts across the entire deal. The heart of these addi tional earnings lies In small print at the bottom of the con tract. This small print says that each picture "will be delivered in suitable frames, which the undersigned is entitled to ac cept upon payment of the price Shown On The Back of said Frame." A similar deal worked in this county by peddlers during World War II set the price "on the SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10 RAGAN HEADS JAYCEES HERE New Commerce Body Will Apply For Charter Next Month Jack Ragan was elected pres ident of the newly-organized [ Franklin Junior Chamber of ; Commerce at a special meeting Tuesday night. The local group expects to ap- | ply lor a charter at a state J Jaycee board meeting, slated for February 23 in Raleigh. Others named to office include C. Banks Finger, first vice-pres ident, Dr. George R. McSween, scond vice-president, Calvtn Henson, treasurer, and J. P. Brady, secretary. Bruce Bryant was named chairman of the board of di rectors, and will apply far a charter for the local group at the Releigh session. J. L. West and Sam Gibson were appointed to the board by the president. The group voted to meet twice a month ? one luncheon meet ing and one night meet ing. Larry Welch and Oscar Ledford ?were appointed to ar range tar a luncheon meeting ; place. Membership in the Jayeees Is open to men between the ages of 21 to 35. Further organisational plans will be mapped at a meeting February 13. Prior to the business se^tson, Mr. Began and Dr. McSween discussed a district Jaycee meeting, wbich they attended in Waynesvlllr Monday night. POWER & LIGHT COMPANY WILL MOVESATURDAY Nantahala Concern Will Open In $240,000 Home Monday The Nantahala Power and Light company plans to move Into Its new $200,000 building on West Main street Saturday. President John M. Archer, Jr., announced that company offices will be closed Saturday to speed the moving job from the old quarters behind the Macon courthouse, but business will be resumed Monday morning at the new building, he said. Should adverse weather pre vent moving as planned this week, the move will be made the following Saturday, Mr, Archer added. He' also announced that plans are being made for an "open house" at the new building to give the public an opportunity to inspect the structure. The date is to be announced later. The company's new home, a two-story office building and a one-story service structure, was erected by Merchant Construc tion company, Asheville, at a cost estimated at $200,000. 'Bad Wreck' Report Sends Officers On Wild Goose Chase "... a bad school bus wreck near Highlands . . . three kids killed. . . ." Fortunately, it wasn't true. In fact, there wasn't even an accident ? just a school bus stdck in the mud. Nevertheless, telephone calls to officers in Franklin, all re porting a wreck, Monday morn ing sent Sheriff J. Harry Thomas, Highway Patrolman C. M. Byrd, and Coroner George R. Henson racing toward High lands and the scene of the "ac cident". They were stopped about halfway to Highlands by Walter Bryson, a member of the county board of education, who had investigated the report and found it to be untrue What really happened, accord ing to the patrolman, was. School bus No. 3 < that's prob ably where the number suppos edly killed originated, he point ed out) was stuck in the mud on Shortoff road. Nothing more, SEE NO. 5, PAGE ID Dr. Amelia Kahn - To Be Speaker At East Franklin PTA Dr. Amelia Bauer Kahn. of "Franklin, will he guest speakeT at the February meeting of the Fast FranMin Parent-Teacher association, Monday evening at the school. Dr. Kahn, a psy chiatrist, who directs the mental liyglene clinic in Ashevlle, win discuss "The Derelopment atl Children". The meeting is set far 7:30 ?f'ut are reported to be recover- \ ng satisfactorily. They are Ralph Hopklr*, 18, if Franklin, and Mrs. Glady Client Sanders, 26, of Prentiss, r loth rectlvtd serious skull in- : uries Ui tlie mishap. II Deacons Say Military Camp Not Place For Teen- Age Boy Asserting that the "home and the church is the best training ?round for the teen-age boy", the Baptist Deacons' Conference at Macon County has voiced dis approval of the compulsory uni versal military training bill, scheduled to come before con gress soon. The church group, at a meet ing Thursday of last week, vot ed to register its disapproval of U. M. T. with North Carolina senators, Clyde R. Hoey and Willis Smith, and urge the law makers to "give serious thought to the viciousness of this bill." The protest reads: . . Because of the moral, spiritual, financial, and political unsoundness of this bill, we be lieve It ought to be defeated. Wholesome character can be best developed under normal so cial relationship. To place a teen-age boy in a decidedly ab normal atmosphere of training camps is too great a risk to their moral and spiritual de velopment. We believe that the home and the church is the best training ground for the teen age boy. They need the guiding hand of parents in this period of their development, and not the atmosphere of an indiffer ent military camp. Such a pro gram would have tremendous Influence on the moral and spir itual development of our nation. Peace-time compulsory universal military training indicates a conviction that peace cannot be had outside military strength. We believe that peace can be had through applying the true principles of Christian broth erhood. Peace-time compulsory universal military training prac ticed by other nations has prov en to be, according to history^ unwise and disastrous. Peace? time compulsory universal mil? tary training is unsound finan^l cially because It would cause a" continuous strain upon our fi nancial system when there is no immediate emergency. "It is our desire that you give serious thought to the vicious ness of this bill and hope you will defeat It." The protest was signed by Fred J. Corbln, president of the conference, and Gus Baldwin, secretary. A copy also was sent to The Blbical Recorder, Baptist publi cation, conference, officers said. Thieves I Break Into Gas Station, Take $35 In Goods Thieves broke Into the Indian ! Mound Service station early last I Thursday morning, took about $35 In merchandise, and then syphoned some 10 gallons of gas from a nearby gasoline truck before disapearing, Sheriff J. Harry Thomas has reported. A number of fingerprints were , found at the scene, the sher said, and are being studied, trance to the station was ga by smashing a pane In the fro^ door. Kenneth Neat, operator 6f station, said merchandise mil lng included candy, cigarett crackers, and a flashlight, whii he valued at $35. The gas was taken from Nantahala Oil company truck,^ parked at the company's plant next door to the station. Sher iff Thomas said. The Weather Temperatures *r,a precipitation (or seven days, and the low temper* twa reaterday. u recorded at tW Coweeta Ka *r intern ttatton. High tow Pet. Wednesday 46 31 rhursday 47 13 friday 45 27 __ Saturday 61 41 a? Sunday 63 55 .84 Monday 63 21 40 Puesday 31 21 trsea Vednesday 06 Franklin Rainfall Wednesday, .76; Thu tone; Fr lay, none; Sati M; Bund.*}', .31; Monday, "uesdny, .06; Wednesday, $31