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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VAL. LIU, NO. 39. FRANKLIN, N.G, THURSDAY, SEfT. 20, 193S .7 .f; FOOTBALL GAME HERE FRIDAY f Franklin Panthers Meet Bryson City On Local Field By WEAVER SHOPE Franklin High will meet the fast - Bryson City .eleven' here Friday at '2 o'clock, The attendance for Frank lin's opening home game is ex pected to exceed allv past r ecords. The Panthers played an excellent game last week against Sylva. With the exception of a slashed eye to Lyman Higdon and a severe leg injury to Billie Wilkie, the squad emerged from the game in fine shape and should be able to pre sent a winning team in the tilt hgainst the Bryson City team here Friday. Billie Wilkie, flashy half-back, who starred in the Sylva game, will be unable to play against Bry son City, and his loss will be felt by the team. The squad, went through another, tough scrimmage , Tuesday and drilled on blocking and tackling. Perfecting plays and ironing out the weak spots, observed in last week's came will .round out the program of drills in preparation for. Friday's game. i'. ...:' Mrs. Mallonee Dies In Jackson County . News was received here Tuesday of the death of Mrs. Joe Fisher Mallonee,' who .died at her home at Addie,' in Jackson county, early Tuesday morning. - ' . Mrs Mallonee, a sTster-in-Taw of Mrs. James. L. Bryson, at West's Mill was well known throughout that section. She' has many friends hv Macon county ; who will deeply regret to learn of her. passing. Those attending the funeral from here were: C. Tom Bryson, George Mallonee, Horace Bryson and Fred Bryson, -all, nephews of the ' de ceased. ' Franklin Baptist " Church Activities At the Sunday morning service at 11 o'clock there will be an installa tion service of officers and teach ers recently elected by the church who will begin their work October 2. , . ,. ; At 6 :30 p. m. the men of the church will complete their organiza i tion of a "Brotherhood," with elec tion of officers. .. , At 7:30 p. m. (the evening hour '". of, service being changed from 8 p. m.; the pastor, Kev. .c. Kog ers, will continue his Sunday night messages on the Bible using the ac count of the temptation in the Garden of Eden 'and will use for his theme, "Where Did. the Devil Come From. Next week will be observed as "Missionary Week'' by the 'various organizations. P.-T. A. To Sponsor Tea Friday Afternoon ; The Parent-Teacher association will sponsor a tea at "the Kelly , Tea Room on Friday-: afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30 o'clock. The tea is given as a courtesy to the teach ers in the Franklin high school and the elementary grades. An in vitation is extended to anyone who desires to attend. '! "Pictures And Parables Of Yellowstone Park" "Pictures and Parables; of Yellow stone Park," will be the subject of Dr. J. E. Abernethy's lecture at the Franklin Methodist church , next Sunday night. The public is invited to attend. Macon Theatre , To Open Earlier Manager Gailey of the Macon Theatre announces that, beginning next Monday, the first riight show will start at 7 o'clock instead of 7:30. v,;';.,. -, -i.. , Locals Lose. Last Game Of Season To Otto CCC Camp The Franklin baseball team lost the last game of the season to the boys of CCC Camp F-23 at Otto Sunday afternoon. Both pitchers were in top form, Manley. for Franklin, pitching an exceptionally fine game, but the Franklin team failed to hit the ball at the right time, and lost several chances to pile up runs when the bases were loaded. Several costly errors in . the field also helped to defeat the locals. The final score was 8 to 2. TEACHERS HOLD MONTHLY MEET Announce ,100 Per Cent Enrollment In N. C. Association By MARGARET H. RAMSEY (The teachers of Macon county met last. Saturday for the regular monthly meeting. 'At this "meeting" the teachers joined the North Car olina Teachers Association.: Macon county is proud to announce 100 per cent enrollment this year for the first . time in history. The follow ing officers were elected : President, Mrs. Helen Macon; secretary, Mrs. Margaret Ramsey; executive committee, J. R. Wells, Professor Summer, and Charlotte Young. .; ... . .The teachers : voted unaminoUsly to work for three objectives this year: first, teacher's retirement on pension provision ; second, civil ser vice or tenure of office , act pro viding that teachers with "A" cer tificates and five year teaching ex perience will be assured of a job unless just cause for ' dismissal can be shown ; and third, teachers hold ing "A" certificates and having had eight years teaching experience be paid a minimum salary of at least $1,200 per year. ' Immunization Effective Against Dip theria RALEIGH, Sept. 28. If the ap proximately 80,000 children born in North Carolina annually were im munized against diphtheria the first year of their life, this would mean the elimination of several hundred useless deathS every 12 months and the ..prevention of something like 2,000. oases each ' year, which leave our children with serious impair ments. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state health officer, has pointed out. "Diphtheria immunization is 85 per cent effective in preventing the disease," he said, "and, consequent ly, in doing away with the danger ous sequallae which follow in its wake, including , principally heart complications and a weakened con dition which, in later life, means less, efficiency in the school room and, following that, in daily employment'-'-'. ;-, ",-:v "Seeing that children are given the advantage of immunization is primarily the responsibility of the parent. The . physician can only ad vise. Only last Saturday, 15 cases were diagnosed as diphtheria in the 'state laboratory of hygiene, while the expectancy for this month is already up about 30 points. , "I wish to appeal ; to the par ents of North Carolina to give careful consideration tp this niatter' before it is too late and neglect has saddened their homes." y Social Agency Council To Meet October 12 v The Council of Social Agencies will , meet on Wednesday, October 12, at ;.Kelly Tea Room at 7 p. m. for 'dinner and special program. This, is the regular fall meeting. The program will -be announced in next week Frm They March With Spirit of Youth rift ""Tfcr tI I 'Vn i 1 ih , 4 I (I L f J I A LJ?4 i ( 3 U )Lk ' Despite their advanced-age these two Civil war veterans, with aid from younger arms, proudly marched in the G. A. R. parade, covering a distance of 15 blocks. Thirteen of the 15 veteran "youngsters" who par ticipated in the parade successfully marched the entire route. Photo graph shows two of the hardy ones: O. S. Pearce, 91, left, of Minneapolis. STORM RELIEF FUNDS ASKED Local Red Cross Chapter To Aid In Caring For Sufferers -vtTKe.'idcar ' Chapter Vf "'the Red Cross has ibeen notified that it may receive contributions for disaster relief in the New; England flood and hurricane areas, according to the Rev. J." A, Flanagan, chairman of the Macon countychapter. Mr',. Flanagan stated that no definite quota had been assigned, the chapi ter awaiting the report of the rel lief workers -now giving relief and estimating the amount of the dam- age. :! Approximately! 10,000 fiamilies are cut off from their homes and being cared for by the Red Cro&s which1 will mean that a substantial amount of money will be necessary to care for these stricken families. South eastern New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and eastern Massa chusetts, were visited by ... a flood followed - by a hurricane that did more than $300,000,000 damage it has been estimated. Contributions may be left at the Bank of Franklin, The Franklin Press, or sent m to the chapter chairman of treasurer. Any amount will be gladly received and forward ed to the national headquarters. P.-T. A. Asks Free Will Offering For . Lunchroom The Franklin Parent-Teacher as sociation is placing boxes in a number of the stores to receive free-will contributions towards lunchVoom equipment in the Frank lin school. ' . This t is necessary for continued service and efficiency, for the sake of all the children of the commun ity and the help of the citizens is solicited for this good work. Barbara Lee Cabe, 4, Passes Saturday Barbara Lee 'Cabe, tbur-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pascal Cabe, of near Otto, died last Sat urday, September 24, at 2 p. m., at the home of her parents, after Tan illness of -two days with pneu-i monia. ; . Funeral services were held Sun-, day. afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Asbury Methodist church, with the pastor, the Rev. J. C Swaim, in charge. Interment was in the church cemetery. Barbara, was buried on her fourth birthday. She is survived by her parents And one jister, Dentists Examine 1329 Children In Macon County During the past few weeks the dental division of the N. C. state board of 'health has had Drs. Mas ton and Stevens in Macon county. During, that time , they worked in the following schools f " Pine Grove, Franklin, Miashburn's Branch, Olive Hill, Buck Creek, valnut Creek, Holly Springs, Scaley, Hickory Knoll, Oak Dale, lotla, Slagle, Burningtown, Union, Mountain View,- Maple Springs, Mountain , Grove, Otto, and Acad emy, where 1,329 children were ex amined, 363 children were treated, either, by taking out teeth which needed taking out or filling de cayed teeth, and 278 children were referred to local dentists for treat ment. 1 , This is just one part of the health work being done by the local health unit, under 'the .supervisi&n and direction of the N. C. state board of health. With something like this number of children being examined ' and treated each year, it should not be very long until this particular class of work should .bring this county up qual to any in the state. MACON TENANTS ASK FOR LOANS Purchase Funds Applied For By 88 Farmers In County . A three-farmer committee this week began investigation of 88 ap plications of tenant farmers in Ma; con county for tenant purchase loans of the farm security admin istration , to buy farms on a long term loan basis. , "Selection of successful applicants for the farm purchase ' loans will be made some , time in January," Thomas C. Mimms said. "Loans probably will range from $3,000 to $,000. The government lends mo ney" on a '40-year payment plan at 3 per cent interest." The . committee is composed of Albert L. Ramsey, Franklin ; Walt er C. Taylor, Franklin, and Ed B. Byrd, Stiles. Curb Market To Be In Agricultural Building Mrs.' J. S. Gray, manager of the Macon county curb' market, an nounces that, beginning an next Saturday, October 1, the curb mar ket will be located in the agricul tural building;. ACCIDENT KILLS F. JENNINGS, 51 Caught In Belt At Grist Mill Friday; Back and Neck Broken Frank Jennings 51, died in Angel hospital at 2:45 Monday morning from a .broken neck and back which he received earlv Fri day afternoon when his clothing came un contact with a whirling shaft at the McClure crist mill. which he was operating. He was caught in the 'belt which was go ing at high velocity, and his cloth ing, .except for a few scraps of underwear, was stripped from .his body as he was whirled around the shaft. Mr. Jennings, who was born in the . Elliiay section of the cauntv. had been operating the McClure mill near Otto for about a month. His wife was in the mill when the accident occurred, but it is under stood that she was unable to ston the mill and had to call for assis tance before the belt could be thrown off and her husband re leased. Mr. Jennings was a member of the Ellijay Baptist church and a farmer. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Margaret Bennett, and; one son, Bennett Jennings; three children by a former marriage to Miss Anna Jenkins, Elmer Jen nings, of Walnut Creek; Mrs, t Zelma Edwards, of near Asheville, ' and Mrs. Berdelle Peek, of Wal nut Creek; his. parents, Mr.-and Mrs. W. T. Jennings, of Otto; one fister, Mrs. Jessie Donaldson, of Otto; four brothers, W. E., of Pensacola, Fla.; C. C, of the state of .Washington ; J. E., of Cullasaja, and B. V, of Ellijay. ; Funeral services were held at the Ellijay Baptist church Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by the. Rev. C F. RoErers. castor of the Franklin Baptist church. In terment was in the church ceme tery. ' . . Pallbearers were : Fred Buchanan. . Paul Peek, Fred Rogers, Ransom Ledford, Otto Brown and Melvin Brown. , Brain Operation Proves Successful Paul Snipes, ' an employee of Blythe B ros. - Construction . com pany, ,who had a piece of bone driven into his brain by a dyna mite explosion at Cashiers on Sep tember 10. and was brought to Angel hospital, is reported to ,be on the way to recovery after a difficult operation. Hospital Association ' Representative Here Mrs. H. M. Wilson, of Ruther fordton, is spending this week in Franklin presenting to the people of the town and county the Hos pital Saving association of. North' Carolina, a non-profit civic organ ization, which provides hospital ser vice for people of small means. Miss Olivia Patton has been named , representative of the as sociation in Macon county, and will be glad to furnish full infor mation in regard to the plans and purposes of the work to all who may be interested. Honor Roll For Olive Hill School ' (Second Month) . First grade Willard DeWeese, Kenneth Fouts. Second grade Carlie Childers. Third gradeGertrude Williis. Fourth : grade Doris Hannah, Dorothy Hannah, John Fouts, Ar vin Hughes, Marshall Tallent. J Fifth grade Louise Hughes, Ed na Morgan,, James Roper, Bill Shields. ! Sixth grade Hazel Childers, Dor othy Evans, Frances Wilkes.
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