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awkusMaMtei RHODODENDRON FETE PROGRAM Features . Announced Of Asheville's Annual Festival ASHEVILLE, May 12. Five' col orful parades, three major dances and a number of other major and secondary events are listed on the schedule of the tenth annual Rho dodendron Festival to be celebrated in Asheville, June 14-19. The daily program which has been recently released includes ten principal events around which are grouped other events of secondary impor tance but no less- colorful in char acter. Of interest to festival visitors will be the tours of the rhododen dron flowering areas and oppor tunities for visiting . the famous floral displays in the Craggy Rho dodendron Gardens on the summit of the Great Craggy mountains, on the slopes of Mount Pisgah and Mount Mitchell in the Linville sec tion and the Great Smoky moun tains national park, are provided .in the festival program. The blossom season of the. purple rhododendrons is expected to reach its height dur ing the festival week. The calendar of events for the decennial celebration of the fete includes :. Monday, June 14, Morn ing Tours of rhododendron areas ; afternoon arrival of official state sponsors; Tuesday, June 15 morn ing, tours of rhododendron areas, 2 p. m. garden club tours; 9:30 p. m. fourth annual military 'ball of the rhododendron brigade of guards, Asheville Country club; Wednes day, June 16, 11 a.- m., rhodonden dron grand parade; 3 p. m., Indian games and pioneer sports, Memo rinl stadium. Thursday, June 17, 10:30 a. m., baby parade ; 3 p. m., Negro baby parade; 9:30 p. m., rhododrendron ball . and royal coronation at Laurel pavilion; Friday, June 18, tours of rhododendron areas; 10:30 a. m., mutt dog parade of dog floats and marchers ; 2 p. m., gar den club tours; 8:30 p. m., carnival parade and festivities in business section; 9.30- p. m., sponsors ball, Laurel pavilion ; Saturday, June 19, tours of rhododendron areas. In addition to the regularly sche duled events, numerous social af fairs and other events revolving about the festival as a central at traction will 'be staged. Among these will be included events hon oring the state sponsors and the royalty and court of the fete. Meeting of Macon Club at Cullowhee The students of Macon county who are attending Western Caro lina Teachers college enjoyed a picnic Thursday evening, May 6, at 6 o'clock. The following program was carried out with Miss Ina Henry, president, in charge : Devotional Mrs. Herbert Angel. Frayer Miss Kathryn Ramey. Song By the group, "Sweet Hour of Prayer;" "Things I'd Like to Know," Miss Ruby Kimsey. Business was next taken up. Miss Blanche Vinson, secretary and treasurer, read the minutes of the last meeting; and Mr. Sanford Smith was elected to take the place of Mr. E. G. Crawford as chair man of the program committee. After adjournment, a picnic sup per was enjoyed by the group. We will have to give Miss .Mattie Wilkes, chairman of the social committee, and the social commit tee credit for our good eats. Our guests were: Miss Jeanne I iinsford( Frank Penland, Miller Edwards, and Miss "Daphne Hol combe. Mattie Brendell, Reporter Ten years ago per capita con sumption of milk in America was 55.3 gallons per year. Today it is around G0 gallons. Scientists agree that nutritional needs of all ages are best served when adequate amounts of milk are included in the diet. Alvin If a man steals, no mat ter what it is, he will live to re great it. Gloria You - used to steal kisses from me before we' were married, dear. Alvin Anyway, I will stick to what I said, THE FftANkUN Compensation Commission Men Visiting all Counties RALEIGH, May 12. Field rep resentatives of the North Carolina Unemployment Compensation com mission will start out from Raleigh Tuesday to make a final cleanup of all of the counties in the State during the next 10 days or two weeks, Chairman Charles G. Powell, of the Commission, announces. During the first six weeks of their activity, the field men visited the counties containing the larger numbers of industrial and commer cial employing units, including Wake, Durham, Guilford, Forsyth, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Buncombe, Iredell and Rowan. For the past two or three weeks Observed at the Golf Club (THE CLUB REPORTER) Mr. Sheriff, please arrest A. & P. Russell, for arson, by request of Jim Perry and Jess Conley. Hav ing played very little, this year he shoots a hot 4Kfor the first nine holes last Sunday. If that isn't set ting the. course on fire for this. early in the season, then the Su preme Court will have to reverse its rulings on arson. Mrs. Blackburn Johnson's ambi tion is to drive a golf ball as far as Dick 'Jones. It is always well to set your sights high, Ruth, more power to youl Mrs. S. L. Dickson, of Clayton, almost killed her husband Sunday, by sinking a 30 ft. putt. Just to prove it was no accident, she did the same thing Monday in a put ting contest with the ladies. Little Miss Ann Lyle took hef first golf lesson Monday and she was a .beautiful picture in her hew Florida slacks. Some say Mark Dowdle sure is lucky lately, but the wise ones agree that Mark's game has im proved tremendously. Mrs. Harley Lyle caught the golf bug in Florida this winter and the Lyle family talk a modern and in teresting language now. Dean Sisk hopes to be playing golf again very soon. Dean has been a little under the weather of late. Ellis Soper was voted the best dressed man on the golf course Sunday. We believe it was ' the red sports shirt that caught the judges' eye. Yes, Mrs. Soper. they were lady judges. ' Mrs. Reba Tessier, after being complimented on her deadly put ting, remarked she ought to be deadly because as a girl in Louisi ana she used to kill squirrels in the high trees with a pistol, believe it or not! Big Foot Jones christened the pool Sunday with the first swim of the season while his sister looked on from the side lines. Gerard Dover, came over from Christ school to )spend the week end at the Franklin Lodge and purchased a pair of sporty swim ming trunks in preparation for a big swimming season. Mrs. Dick Jones purchased new springs for her car after giving 10 caddies a lift home on Monday. . Six male visitors to Franklin stayed over the week-end m order to play golf Sunday. The golf course is a money-getter for the business people of Franklin and every one should get behind the Major. Paging Tommy Angel! Paging Tommy Angel! Tommy's long driv ing will be needed this summer when we play Bryson City and other clubs. Paul ' Green, of Clayton, is not only a good golfer hut an excel lent tennis player. Golf is much cheaper than hospi tal and doctor's bills and lots more fun. ' ' Mrs. Fred Sloan will be among those present from now on at the course. Fine, good sports like Mrs. Sloan are always in demand. ' Don't fall down on your good resolution, Mrs. Miles. We are still looking forward to your defeating your husband some " day. Others have tried defeating him in the past, but few have ever succeeded. We know your wonderful college record, Vance. The Girl Scouts will be granted PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS they were split into two groups, one going eastward, the other west ward, visiting the next larger counties. Splitting into pairs, the representatives will visit in the next two weeks the remaining counties. As in the other counties, the field men will try to find all employers who are subject to the Unemploy ment Compensation Act and who have not made reports or contri butions on the wages of their em ployees, and help them to make the proper reports and remittances. Maycon county will be canvassed by James L. Blum, of Winston Salem and Frank D. White, of Lenoir. the same rates in the pool that the Boy Scouts have enjoyed. The diving boards are up and the pool is full and next Sunday should be a big day. Forest Students From Syracuse University Visit Franklin ; On Monday the Nantahala forest service was host to a party of Syracuse University students who spent the week-end in Franklin. Sixteen seniors comprising the for est utilization department of the New York state college of Forest ry of Syracuse university, accom panied by Prof. Hiram Henderson, were in the party who were on an observation tour of forest products industries.- Bob Hahn, of Skaneateles, N. Y., a member of the party, reported visits to Lilitz, Pa., to an animal trap company, the U. S. department of commerce, forest products divi sion, Washington ; the distillation plant of the Eastman Kodak cor poration at Kingsport, Term., and other plants utilizing forest pro ducts. x The party visited the Nantahala forest service equipment base near Arrowood Glade, and Wayah Bald, proceeding to Alabama before re turning to Syracuse the latter part of May. Lake Emory By MRS. J. R. BERRY Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart were in Asheville Saturday. ; Mrs. Stewart is one of Macon county's progressive teachers in attendance at Cullowhee. Miss Emma Hyatt, who is at tending Western Carolina's Teach er's college at Cullowhee, was vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hyatt, the past week. " Messrs. Lon and Jess Thompson have gone to New York to be em ployed as shirt foremen in , tunnel drilling. It is reported tnere will be 105 miles of tunnels when com pleted. Mr. and Mrs. Carver Sanders, of Canton, were visiting their par ents, Mr. and Mrs J. L. Downs, and other relatives, Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Downs, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hyatt, Sunday. Mrs. Ada Stewian, of Asheville, who has been visiting her relatives for the past week, will leave for her home soon. Lee Crawford and Frank Sanders have gone to Highlands to hunt and fish. Mrs. Virgil Ford and Arthur Jacobs, of Asheville, came over to attend the funeral of little Annette Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Peek and little daughter, Mary Wanda, of Charlotte, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Berry, Mr, and Mrs. J. A, Mincey and Mrs. O. V. Mincey, this week. While here Mr. Peek is painting the old home place of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mincey. When the Pilgrims landed at Ply mouth in 1620 there were no cows in New England. Many children died before a ship bringing cows arrived from Holland two years later. These cows were apportioned at the rate of one to every six persons. "What is a cannibal, Tommy ?" "I don't know." "Well, if you ate your mother and father, what would you be?" "Art orphan," '- MACONIAN ANNOUNCEMENT The Pay-and-Take-It announce that they have moved their stock of groceries from their old store on the Square and will be out of business temporarily until their new store, which is being constructed back of the A & P, is completed. OLD mni th NEW but both built lh i tntldeFull MaUeabU flange Th lm-f MONARCH "BWi Driign" Full mwl Im lmr Tmm or NUt-Cnt Uml. i!Mc dm With or KflAixit Htnott, tmtk t-t mud W$UrrnU Liberal Allowance for Your Old Ranges and the Balance on Easy Terms Bryant Furniture Company FRANKLIN, N. C. AIL Used Cars that LOOK Alike are NOT Alike i5 HELLO BUDDY WHO DO YOU kECKON I AM? ) . PEP is my name and I am the new salesman for BURRELL MOTOR CO. HERE ARE SOME GOOD BUYS IN USED CARS 1329 Ford Coach, in BAD Shape $75 1929 Whippet Coach WORSE ........... $55 1934 Master Chev. Sedan, a dandy for ........$395 1936 Chev. Sport Sedan. .$595 1934 Chev. Coach . . . . . . .$345 1936 Plymouth Panel De- flivevy Sedan ..... . .$315 1934 Chev. Ton Pick up $355 1929 Chev. 4-D'oor Sedan, a good clean car ...$145 1934 Chev. -Tow Trucks .' good tires ......... .$285. Let US Care for YOUR Car BRING IN YOUR OLD CAR ; SWAP IT FOR A NEW CAR TRY AND YOU WILL BUY CHEVROLET A Car you will be Proud to own BURRELL Motor Co. Phone 123 THURSDAY, MAY IS, 1037 WAS A FAVORITE SPOUT In the man going to bit the lady with the love lid? No! He U just banging two lid together to prove that malleable iron doe not break. , That wai favorite stunt with Monarch range salesmen "in the good old days" . . and it ought to be done today 10 every cus tomer would pay more attention to the great difference between unbreakable Malleable Iron and brittle cant iron. For Malleable Iron mean long life, good baking and fuel economy . . . qualities that are jubt a important TODAY a they ever were. Beautiful design and porcelain enamel are not to be overlooked. Far from it! We be lieve the MONARCH is the most beautiful range ever built ... but H is also a FULL MALLEABLE range, built exactly the same way Monarch were buih thirty year ago. All part subject to strain or breakage are nude of this unbreakable iron. All joint are made permanently tight with rivet ... not temporarily tight with stove bolts and love putty. Of course all modern MONARCHS are FuU Enamel. Enamel outude for beauty and easy cleaning; enamel iniide a the beat known protection aguhut rust damage. Let n show you the latest MONARCH models. They are ranges we are proud toselL 1935 Chev, 1-Ton Truck, good tires ........ ..$295 1934 Chev. Town Sedan, Bully good ...... . . .$400 1928 Whippet Sedan not o tvot ............ $67.30 1930 Chev. 4-Door Sedan $165 1933 Chev. -Ton Truck;--., tires OK ....$285 1930 Chev. 1-Ton Truck $65 1927 Chev. Touring, old , but OK $105 41928 Whippet 4-Door ....$95 1929 Ford Roadster ..... $65 1931 Ford Pick-ug $200 1930 Chev. Coupe ...... $165 Franklin, N.,C.
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