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VOL. LIV, NO. 28
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 193t
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Raymoncl Cleavelasidl Wins Press Baby Derby
PLANS BEING MADE FOR CLIFFSIDE LAKE CELEBRATION
FINE PROGRAM
FOR OPENING
Jos. C. Kircher to Speak;
Free Barbecue And
Contests
Jos. C. Kircher, of Atlanta, chief
forester for the southern region,
will be the principal speaker at
the opening celebration at Cliff
side Lake on Saturday, July 22, -it
was .announced this week by
Charles Melichar, supervisor of the
Nantahala National Forest.
With the lake and the vast pub
lic playground on its shores com
pleted, Mr. Meliehar, assisted by
civic organizations and various in
dividuals of Franklin an 1 High
lands, were busy this wek mak
ing arrangements for the celebra
tion. Judging by their plans, it
JOSEPH C. KIRCHER
will be one of the outstanding
events of the summer season in
Western North Carolina. Hundreds
of people from North Carolina and
other states are expected to attend.
Easily! RoacWl
Cliffside Lake, newest and most
extensively; developed recreational
area in the Nantahala National
Forest, already has attracted thou
sands of visitors and the wide
spread publicity that will be given
the opening celebration is expected
to bring many thousands of others
Nestling in a' beautiful mountain
cove just off U. S. highway 64, 15
miles east of Franklin and five
miles west of Highlands, the "lake
is easily accessible. A short stretch
of stone-covered , road through ' a
beautiful forest . leads to the lake
from the main highway.
Varied Program
Plans for the opening celebra
tion announced by Mr. Melichar
call for a number of outdoor sports
events, an old-time fiddlers' contest,
free barbecue and forest service
motion pictures in color to be
shown during the evening.
Barbecued pork and lamb, Bruns
wick stew and cold drinks for a
crowd of 800 will be provided by
the Chambers of Commerce of
Franklin and Highlands.
The celebration is to start at 2
o'clock in the afternoon with a
wide variety of contests swim
ming, mountain climbing, horse
shoe pitching and fly-casting, to
say nothing of the fiddlers con
test. Some of these events will be
concurrent, but arrangements have
been made so that those who want
to participate in several of them
will have an opportunity to do so.
Prizes are to be awarded in all
contests.
. Speaking at 5 P. M.
Mr. Kircher will speak at ex
ercises starting at 5 o'clock in an
amphitheatre which overlooks the
lake. Guy L. Houk, .superintendent
of Macon county school?, will be
master of ceremonies and introduce
the speakers.
' Topping off the day will be the
motion picture program in the eve-
ning, also to be given in the amphi
theatre. The recreational area will be
open the entire day and those who
wish to take picnic lunches and
have a full day's outing will find
ample facilities available. Picnic
tables and outdoor ovens are num
erous and rain shelters also are
provided. The bath house will be
open and life guards on duty.
Mrs. Robert Johnston, and two
small sons, of Paducah, Ky., are
here for a visit with Mrs. Fred
S. Johnston, Sr., and Mr. and
Mrs. Guy L. Houk,
Press To Publish
Special Edition
A Summer Souvenir Edition,
in which Cliffside Lake will be
featured, will be published next
week by The Franklin Press.
There will be numerous pictures
of this beautiful new recreation
area and also of many other
recreational and scenic spots in
the Nantahala National Forest.
Three thousand copies of this
special issue will be printed.
Five hundred copies will be set
aside for distribution to visitor
at the Cliffside opening exer
cises and hundreds of other cop
ies will be distributed in such a
way as to have the effect of at
tracting tourists to this region.
ANNUAL FLOWER
SHOW JULY 29
Franklin Garden Club To
Sponsor Event For
Macon County
At a called meeting of the
Franklin Garden Club held in the
basement of the Franklin Metho
dist church Tuesday afternoon,
final .plans were made for the
Macon county annual Flower show
which is to be held in the agri
cultural building on Church street,
Saturday, July 29.
While this flower show is spon
sored by the Frannlin Garden
club, it is open to any one in
Macon county who has flowers and
desires to take part.
All entrants in the contest are
requested to have their flowers at
the building not later than 10
o clock Saturday morning, in order
that they may be ..classified t and
judged.-
The show will be open to the
public at 1 o'clock and the flowers
will remain on display until 9
o clock Saturday night.
The committees appointed were :
Flower Show, Mrs. Frank Higdon,
chairman ; Mrs. Harve L. Bryant,
Mrs. John Wright, Mrs. James
A. Sutton, Mrs. Zeb W. Conley,
Mrs. Lester S. Conley, Mrs. Roy
G. Beshears and Miss Mary .Willis.
Prizes, Mrs. A. R. Higdon, chair
man; Mrs. John Archer, Mrs. Hen
ry W. Cabe, Mrs. Verna Green
May and Mrs. A. L. McLean.
The prizes will be given in the
following classes: .
1. Best display of snap-dragons.
2. Best display of sweet peas.
3. Finest collection of roses.
4. Dahlias (large and small).
5. Nasturtiums.
6. Most attractive . miniature
flowers.
7. Shadow bores.
8. Corsages.
9. Best collection of wild flow-
erS.
10. Two-tone flower.
11. Contrasting colors.
12. Mixed bouquets.
13. Zinnias (large and small).
14. Marigolds.
15. Gladiolas.
16. Table arrangements, Including
coffee, consoles and breakfast
tables.
17. Potted plants.
18. Gallardias. ,
19. Twin vases.
20. Miscellaneous.
21. Sweepstake.
Miss Frances Morgan
Succeeds Mrs. Whittaker
Miss Frances K. Morgan has
arrived in Franklin to take the
place of Mrs. Harriet R. Whit
taker as area supervisor of social
work in the 12th district WPA.
Mrs. Whittaker was transferred
last week to North Wilkesboro.
Miss Morgan, the daughter of
the Rev. and Mrs. Rufus A.
Morgan of Columbia, S. C, is a
graduate of the University of
South Carolina School of Social
LWork, and comes to her new as
signment trom the Asnevuie oi
fice of WPA. Miss Morgan's fath
er is a native of Macon county
and a frequent visitor to Franklin.
Singers Will Meet
At Tellico July 16
The third Sunday afternoon
singing of the Northern division
of the Macon County Singing
convention will be held with 'the
Tellico Baptist church at 1 p. m.
on Sunday, July 16, it has been
announced by Ilarley B. Mason,
president. '
All choirs, quartets, duets, .so
loists and all interested in sing
ing are invited to attend,
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Community
House Delegates To Meet
Monday Night
Representatives from all Frank
lin and community clubs will meet
Monday night at 7:30 p, m. in
the agricultural building in rrank
lin.
This will be the initial move in
the planned drive, sponsored by
the Garden club, for a community
house in Franklin. The purpose of
the meeting is the formation of
a board of control.
Following is a list of . organiza
tions already contacted and a
partial list of delegates. Presidents
of these and of other clubs wish
ing a voice in activities are asked
to appoint one member who will
attend this meeting as member of
the board. All decisions concern
ing the house- will be " made at
board meetings:
Garden" Club, Mrs, J. E. Perry;
U. D. C, Mrs. Carl Slagle; Mas
ons, C Gordon Moore j Eastern
Stars, Mrs! Sallie Moore; Rotary
Club, J. S. Conley and W. C.
Penn; Lions Club, Bill Moore;
Chamber of Commerce, Dr. J. E.
Perry.
The County Commissioners,
Town Board of Aldermen, Loyal
Order of Moose, the American
Legion and the American Legion
Auxiliary will also be represented.
Members of the Garden Club
community house committee are
asked to meet with the board at
this time.
Funeral Held Sunday
For Reid Crawford
Funeral services for Reid Craw
ford, 37, salesman for Gennett
Lumber company, were conducted
Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
at the home of his mother at 24
Elizabeth street in Asheville.
Mr. Crawford died Friday in a
Winston-Salem hotel. He was born
in Franklin but had resided in
Asheville most of his life.
Mr. Crawford was well known
in Franklin and had relatives in
Macon county, several of whom
attended the funeral.
As The World Turns
A Brief Survey of Current Events In State. Nation
and Abroad.
NEIGHBORING COUNTY
PLANS HIGHWAY BEAUTY
Cherokee county plans a 16 mile
avenue of trees along the high
way between Murphy and Andrews,
and the planting of roses and
evergreen vines on clay banks. The
plans were made and announced
by Miss Frances Cover, chairman
of the county's committee for beau
tification. Cooperating of county
commissioners, town aldermen and
PTA is assured.
a
FATAL EXPLOSION
IN MORGANTON
Explosion of dynamite in the
burning two-story barn at the North
Carolina School for the deaf in
Morganton Monday morning re
sulted in serious injuries to 13 per
sons and lesser injuries to scores
of others as timber and debris
were scattered in a crowd of sev
eral hundred spectators.
ATTENTION, SHERIFFS
Sheriff Paul M. Dale of Burke
got his man when he climbed a
tree overlooking Blue Moon fill
Second Prize
PEGGY DUNBAR
"Baby Derby" Prize Winners
1. Raymond Cleaveland, Highlands $40 Specials, Cup,
and $200 i..... 111,293
2. Peggy Dunbar, Franklin $30 Specials, and $100 .... 106,063
3. Joe Rhinehart, Franklin $5 Special, and $50 57,545
4. Grace Cartledge, Franklin $25 31,087
5. Hannah Gillespie, Franklin $15 30,982
6. Paul Killian, Franklin $10 18,745
7. Howard Burch, Franklin Route. l-$5 11.866
8. Jackie Hoilman, Franklin $5 ,, 11.775
9. Josie Rakes, Franklin Route 2 $3 10,600
10. Patsy Littleton, Hlgh!and-$S 9,398
11. Ernest Wallace, Jr., Franklin Route 1 $5 8,485
12. Charlotte Bloxham, Franklin $5 8,177
13. Julia Waldroop, Franklin $5 7,964
H. David Cabe, Otto $5 7,411
15. Tommie Tompkins, Franklin $2.50. 6,646
16. Nancy Ramsey, Tellico $2.50 i . . . . 5,776
17. Margaretta Zoellner, Highlands $2.50 5,719
18..Carlene Sorrells, West's Mill $2.50 5,435
19. Barbara Hayes, Franklin $2.50 5,105
20. Catherine Bryson, Cullasaja $2.50 4,866
2K Frances,. Roper, West's.JMl-$2.5Q v. 4,481
22. Carolyn Norris, Otto $2.50 4.213
23. Nora Baldwin, Franklin Route 3 $2.50 3,317
24. , Iris Sheffield, West's Mill $2.50 3.262
25. Wayne Beeco, Franklin Route 4 $2,50 2,964
26. Carolyn Bradley, Etna $2.50 2,960
27. Hugh Blaine, Franklin Route 1 $2.50 2.506
28. Betty Allen, West's Mill $2.50 2,456
29. Robert Morgan, West's Mill $2.50 2,213
30. Joe Tippett, Franklin $2.50 2,162
Baseball
Team From EasJey, S. C.
To Play Here Sunday
The game with Cornelia which
was scheduled to be played on the
Franklin diamond last Sunday was
rained out, much to the regret of
players and fans. The Cornelia
boys were on hand early and it
was thought for a while that the
game could go on, but the rain
started in again before 3 o'clock
and made the field a lake of mud.
A great contest is in 'sight for
next Sunday afternoon, though,
when the team from Easley, S. C,
comes over for a tassel with
Franklin. The Easley outfit is said
to be plenty strong and the locals
will have to be in good shape to
stay with them.
Game will get going around 2:30.
ing station between Morganton and
Valdese and witnessed the opera
tor approach his liquor cache in the
woods.
NORTH CAROLINA
PRISONERS DECREASE
North Carolina's prison popula
tion dropped from 9,679 June 1 to
9,528 July lvthe penal division re
ported in Raleigh Tuesday.
PRESIDENT URGES ACTION
ON NEUTRALITY BILL
Secretary of State Hull said in
a statement Tuesday indorsed by
President Roosevelt, that the ad
ministration would insist on imme
diate action on neutrality legisla
tion despite the senate foreign re
lations committee's 12 to' 11 vote to
shelve the issue until next session.
'
McNUTT HEADS NEW
FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY
The Senate his confirmed the
President's appointment of Paul V.
McNutt, high commissioner to . the
Philippines, formerly governor of
(ContiniMd on Ps Eight) '
Third "Prize
XXXy.
JOE RH.INEHART
RETIRE AFTER
LONGSERVICE
Heads Of Great School To
Rest After Years
Of Labor
Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Ritchie, who
for nearly 30 years have been at
the head of the Rabun Gap-Nacoo-chee
school, retired of July 1, and
are spending their first real va
cation with Mrs. Ritchie's sister,
Mrs. Maggie Berrong, of Hiawas
see, Ga.
During the years in which they
have directed the work, of this
splendid school, Dr. and Mrs.
Ritchie have labored unceasingly,
and have seen the school grow
from very small beginnings to one
of ' the most highly rated educa
tional institutions in this whole
mountain section. The gratitude
and best wishes of hundreds of
former students go with them as
they retire to seek the rest and
relaxation they have so abundantly
earned.
Also retiring from the school
are Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Coit, who
have given of the best during a
number of years as assistants to
Dr. and Mrs. Ritchie m the con
duct of the school, and who carry
with them the knowledge of work
well done.
Dr. George C. Bellingrarh, of
Piedmont College, Demorest, Ga.,
one of the outstanding educators
of the south, has been elected
president to succeed Dr. Ritchie
and has taken up his duties. He
has had many years of prepara
tion and experience, and is well
qualified to take up and carry on
the work.
Dean H. L. Fry remains with
the school and will continue his
able service for the institution.
Temperance Meeting At
Wells Grove Sunday
A temperance meeting will be
held at Wells Grove next Sun
day, July 16, at 11 a. m. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend,
GEO. W. SEAY.
PEGGY DUNBAR
CLOSEJECOND
Complete List Of Winners
Will Be Found In
This Issue
The Baby Derby sponsored by
The Franklin Press and Highlands
Maconian, and Franklin, Highlands,
and other merchants closed last
Saturday night. The Press wishes
to thank the public for the inter
est and cooperation it has given
The Press and the participating
merchants in the Baby . Derby. The
Baby Derby has been very success
ful in the point of new subscribers
that have been added to The
Press' already large list of readers.
It also was very beneficial to the ,
merchants. It will be the aim of
The Press to give all the important
local and county news, and we
hope to have the continued cooper
ation of our large family of readers
in making The Press a more newsy
paper with each issue. The candi
dates wish to thank all their friends
who have assisted them during the
Baby Derby, making it possible
for them to win the cash awards
for their babies.
Hundreds of new and renewal
subscriptions have been added to
The Press circulation in Franklin
and Highlands and Maoon' county
which will be of great value to
The Press' present and prospec
tive advertisers.
The aggregate miles of the big
prize winners alone reached enor
mous figures. The winners of all
the prizes were well entitled to
success, and they demonstrated
conclusively that energy and per
sistency axe potent factors in any
game of life. In distributing . over
$500 worth of awards among the
successful candidates, The Press
and cooperating merchants give val
ue received for efforts m their be
half, yet the intrinsic value of
the awards is not the only consid
eration to candidates. In the pur- .
suance of their individual Baby
Derby "miles", they have learned
much that will be of benefit to
them. They have made many new
and pleasant acquaintances, some
have formed new ideas along busi- .
ness lines and most of them have
developed a keen sense of observa
tion . that will pay many a future
dividend. The competition was
splendid training and valuable ex
perience to alt who participated.
It taught that courage is neces
sary to overcome the obstacles that
beset the never ending conflict
that we call "life."
Of course it is inevitable in a
race of thU kind that all cannot
win big. Candidates, understood
that when they entered their bab
ies. Werea it possible we would
gladly reward every baby with a
loving cup and $200.
We have dealt with ladies and
gentlemen. Our relations have been
pleasant throughout. They, in turn,
have dealt with an institution,
which to the best of its ability,
made the Baby Derby one long to
be remembered for its wholesome-
ness and fair character. The Baby
Derby was in charge of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert M. Harvey of the
Piedmont Circulation Service, Am-'
ericus, Ga., and it was conducted
throughout with the most scrupu
lous fairness.
The prize winning babies are list
ed in another column. Checks have
been mailed to the parents who 1
were not present at the Baby
Derby office Monday night.
If there have been any insinua
tions or ill feelings as to the out
come of the Derby, we nave not
heard any of it, but on the Other
hand, ' we have been given much
praise and congratulations from the
winners, and from the merchants
who co-sponsored the Derby.
Notice To Subscribers
During the "Baby Derby," which
closed . Saturday night, a great
many new names were added to
the subscription list of The Press,
and in rearranging our mailing list
no doubt some errors will be made.
If you are getting two papers,
if your initials are wrong or if
your dating is not correct, please
notify us and we will make the
correction at once. We want all who
have, subscribed to get the paper
and to get it for the full time for
which they have paid.
Mrs. C. S. Brown, Jr., who has
been a patient in Angel hospital,
has returned to the home of her
mother, Mr.s. H. O. Cozad, and
is reported to be on the way to
recovery.