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VOL. XU? WO. ? FRANKLIN. N. THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1946 $2.06 PER YEAR
FOREST HEAD
TO BE MOVED
Schilling, Slated F or
Post In Weit, Given
Farewell Dinner
E. A. Schilling, supervisor of
the Nantahala National forest
since May, 1943, expects to be
transferred shortly to Albuquer
que, N. M., and he and his fam
ily were honored last Saturday
night with a farewell dinner,
given them by employes of the
forest service.
N Although his official travel
orders have not arrived, it is
understood that Mr. Schilling
will be in charge of the wild
life and recreation division of
the national forests in Region
3, which embraces New Mexico
and Arizona. A former resident
of Missoula, Mont., Mr. Schilling
has been with the forest serv
ice since 1925.
His successor as supervisor
here has not been announced.
John D. Alsup of the Nanta
hala staff, served as toast
master at the dinner, given at
the Terrace hotel, and made
the presentation to Mr. and
Mrs. Schilling of a gift from
the forest service personnel, two
five-piece place services of
sterling silver flatware.
A number of talks were made,
in which it was brought out
that the Nantahala became a
first class forest under Mr.
Schilling's administration. The
retiring supervisor, in his talk,
declared he believed Western
North Carolina has greater pos
sibilities for development than
any other part of the Appla
chain region, and called on the
forest employes to give his suc
cessor the same cooperation he
has received from them.
Do You
Remember . > ? i
(Looking backward through I
I the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Last Wednesday night, on
P e|r s i m m o n , someone shot
through a window of Mr. Jos.
~>unkleton's house while th<
family were at supper, and kill
ed his 11-year old daughter. It
was supposed that the shot was
aimed at Mr. Crunkleton.
W. P. Burns has made a con- I
tract with Mr. W. H. Waldroop '
to build two rock chimneys with i
nine fireplaces for which he is |
to get $508.
The horse of Dr. W. A.
Sprinkles, being tied at Addie
on Tuesday, fell dead. It is be
lieved from fright at an ap
proaching train. He made every
effort to get loose and failing
died from sheer alarm.
25 YEARS AGO
Frank Jones arrived in Frank- J
lin one day last week from j
Cuba, and Is visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Jones,
on Bonny Crest.
On Friday evening, February
11, Paul Newman and "Bpeed"
Thompson entertained the mem
bers of the 8. S. 8. Literary so- |
clety. Those who enjoyed the |
evening were the Misses Char
lotte Conley, Kate Patton, Mary
McConnell, Edna Blaine, Eva
Baird, Fannie May Kanaday,
Margaret Cozad, May Carpenter,
Laura and Ella Jones, and
Messrs. "8peed" Thompson, Paul
Newman, Oaston Curtis, Allen
Slier. Edgar Angel, Wiley Car
penter, Robert Cornwell, Robert
Setser and Phillip Newman.
After playing several interest
ing games, delicious refresh
ments of cake and sherbet were
served.
10 YEARS AGO
Mrs. John Parker, 55. of Ra
bun Oap, Oa., and her 16-year
old daughter, Minnie, lost their
way while crossing the Nanta
hala mountain on foot Monday
night. Next morning workers
from Coweta experiment sta
tion found the two women hud
dled together under a tarpaulin
lean-to left in the woods. The
elder woman, frozen as rigid as
? board, was dead, and her
daughter was unconscious, her
hands and feet badly frozen.
Miss w Marie Palmer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Palmer, of
Franklin, U directing production
of the annual Carneltan society
play at the Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina
at Oreeniboro.
TSINGTAO, China (Delayed) ? Pfe. George E. Patton, left,
son of Robert A. Patton of Fraiklin, is shown here being
greeted by Rep. Haro'd Cooley of North Carolina, when the
Tar Heel congressman was in China recently as a member of
a congressional investigating committee on a Pacific inspection
trip. The other' marine in the picture is Cpl. Arthur R. Warren,
Jr., of Lowell, N. C.
Pfc. Patton, 24, one of five brothers who have been in the
services, has been overseas nearly two years, serving on Guadal
canal, and Solomons, Okinawa, and in China. A student of ,
architecture and landscape architecture at State college when
he volunteered during his senior year, he is doing public re
lations work with the marine corps, and his father and aunt, ?
Miss Olivia Patton, have received copies of a number of the
sketches he has done in the course of his work.
Sloan Talks
On Education
At P. T. Meet
Bob Sloan was the chief
speaker at Monday evening's
meeting of the Franklin Par
ent-Teacher association, and
chose as his topic the European
school systems, as contrasted
with that in the United States.
In Russia, he said, youth can
obtain thorough training along
a single line, but gets no well
rounded education; a youth is
taught t trade, rather than to
think. In Germany, youth is
taught not to think; an en
forced idealism, is substituted for
thinking. France has no ret pat
tern, but that country is living
in the past. The English system
Is more like the American, and
yet more unlike it; there there
is freedom of education and of
speech, but a social caste sys
tem.
Turning to America, he de
clared that "the greatest blund
er in any educational system
is in not teaching people, to
think."
The Rev. W. Jackson Huney
cutt called attention to the
campaign for memberships in
the North Carolina Symphony
society, and the plan to bring
the orchestra to Franklin for
a concert, and in the course of
the discussion the Rev. A. Rufus
Morgan, president of the asso
ciation, remarked that "it is a
travesty on our intelligence that
there Is no music in this school,
and so little in the commun
ity."
The committee to seek gravel
to be placed about the school
building reported that the board
of education has been ap
proached, and that if it fails
to provide the gravel, the P.
T A. will.
Refreshments were served at
a social period that followed the
meeting.
Clothing
Drive To End Saturday;.
Ask Stores To Send
Garments Here
The Victory Clothing collec
tion for overseas relief will end
I Saturday, and Jos. Ashear,
county campaign chairman, this
week asked that all stores in
the county which have served
as collection centers bring the
clothes they have collected to
the courthouse if possible, and
to hotify him by mail if they
cannot.
Next week the garments will
be assorted and packed for
shipment. Mr. Ashear said, add
ing that already a number of
persons have volunteered to as
sist in this work.
Saw Mill Bought From
Tippett By W. N. Grimm
W. N. Orimm has purchased
the three-block saw mill near
the prison camp, from Lee Tip
pett. Mr. Orimm Is recondition
ing the mill, and plar.a to re
sume operations at the present
lecatlon about March 1,
Boy, 2, Taken To
Hospital After
Drinking Lye
Stevie Hedden, two-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jun
ior Hedden of Franklin,
Route 3, was bronght to the
Angel clinic early this week,
suffering from the effects of
drinking a- considerable quan
tity of lye.
The mother, it was under- ,
stood, was using the lye in
washing, and the child, un
noticed, picked up the can
and drank from it.
The little boy has recover
ed sufficiently to return
home.
Slides
To Be Shown At Series
Of Farm Meetings
j S. W. Mendenhall, county
; agent, and Mrs. Florence 6.
Snerrill, home demonstration
agent, will show colored slides
on fertilizing and cultivating
corn and on homestead plan
, ning at a series of meetings to
be held during the next fort
night.
Both men and women are be
ing Invited to the meetings.
The schedule follows:
Monday, February 25, Upper
Tesenta, 10 a. m.; Otto School,
2 p. m.
Tuesday, February 26, Tellico
[Baptist church, 10 a. m.; Iotla
] school, 2 p. m.
Wednesday, February 27,
Prentiss Baptist church, at 10
la. m.
Thursday, February* 28. Hig- 1
! donviUe school, 10 a. m.; Holly I
1 Springs school, 2 p. m.
Friday, March 1, Hickory Knoll j
[church, 10 a. m.; Cowee school,'
2 p. m.
Monday. March 4. Gold Mine
j school, 10 a. m.; Pine Grove
I school, 2 p. m.
More Than $100
Already Raised
For Concert Here
E. J. Carpenter and his com
mittee on memberships in the
N. C. Symphony society Thurs
day reported encouraging pro
i gress, with more than $100 in
memberships already raised.
A $1 membership entitles a
member to attend the sym
phony orchestra concert here
and that to be given in Ashe
ville; a $5 membership entitles
him to attend any concert the
orchestra givrs; and a $25
membership is open to those
who wish to do something spe
cial to encourage this state
musical movement.
Most of the counties in this
area already have sold enough
memberships to assure them of
concerts by the orchestra, and
the committee feels sure the
necessary $450 will be raised in
this county In a short time.
Mrs. W. M. Katenbrlnk has
returned from Atlanta, Oa.,
where she spent ten days vis
iting her sister, Mrs. H. B. Kel
ton, and Mr. Kelton. While in
Atlanta, Mrs. Katenbrlnk at
tended the fashion shows and
purchased new spring merchan
;?1m.
Fine Calves To Be 'Loaned'
i
Farm Boys By Business Men
The Weather
The official high and low
temperature readings and the
rainfall for the past seven days
follow :
High Low Prec.
Thursday 60 30 4
Friday 46 22 0
Saturday 52 18 9
Sunday 62 20 0
Monday 61 25 0
Tuesday 57 38 .6
[Wednesday 51 32 0
| Rainfall for the week, one
inch; for the month of Febru- '
| ary, to date. 5.17; for the year.
13.25.
Scout
Sunday Observed With
Program At Chivch
Scout Sunday was observed I
last Sunday morning in the
Tranklin Methodist church with
Soy scouts and their officials
)resenting a program.
Talks were made by Scout
naster John Edwards, on
'Scouting In Our Community
Life;" Scout Commissioner
lames Hauser, on The History
?f Franklin, Troop 1;" Cub
Commissioner John Alsup, on
"Cub 8couting In Our Commun
ity Life;" Star Scout Jimmy
Waldroop, on "What Scouting
Means To Me;" Star Scout
Johnny Alsup. on "The Court
of Honor;" and First Class
8cout Stanley Sutton, on "A
Boy Scout Meeting." The Rev.
W. Jackson Huneycutt, the pas
tor, presided at the service.
In attendance were a large
'number of Scouts from Frank
I lin, Troop 1, cubs of the local
Cub Pack, troop committeemen
: and cub committeemen, the cub
nsastef and secretary of the
; Cub Pack, and Eagle Scouts
Billy Bryant and Paul Plem
mons.
February 8 was the birthday
anniversary of the Boy Scout
organization in America, and
Boy Scout week was observed
nationally February 8-14.
Mrs. Gilmore, 81,
Dies At Home H-.-e Of
Mrs. J. B. Ray
Mrs. Cynthia Gilmore, 84. of ,
Birmingham, Ala., who had
made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. John B. Ray and
Mr. Ray at their home on Bid
well street here, died Monday
of last week, following a ser
ious illness of only a few days.
Mrs. Gilmore, who was the
former Miss Cynthia Scott, was
born in Georgia, but made her
home in Birmingham for more
than 60 years. She was married
to Daniel M. Gilmore, who died
a number of years ago. She was
a member of the Ruhama Bap- .
tUt church in Birmingham.
The body was taken to Birm
ingham, and funeral services
were held Wednesday.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Ray, and five grandchil
dren.
Officials Explain
About Applications
For Sugar Rations
Sugar ration application
forms, previously available at
the register of deeds office and
the draft board office, now may
be obtained from the draft
board only, it was announced
this week.
And officials emphasized that
the applications are to be filed
only for new-born babies, serv
icemen returning home, service
1 men on furlough, persons who
' have lost their ration books and
seek replacements, and persons
1 seeking sugar for feeding bees,
i There is no method, it was ex
I plained, for persons who have
! ration books to apply for more
I sugar.
| It feas added that the local
j officials merely supply the ap
! plication forms. The appllca
| tlons should be mailed to the
Office of Price Administration
! in Raleigh, where they are act
jpd upon.
Mrs. Harley Morrison, of
West's Mill, has been critically
111 at Angel clinic since Sunday.
Mrs. Leona McCarson, of Cul
lasaja, underwent a major op
; (ration at Angel clinic last
1 Saturday.
?I
Highlands Rotary
Club Is Unique In
Two Particulars
i
The Highlands Rotary club
claims the unique distinction
01 being the highest Rotary
club in Kastern America and
of being located in the small
est town of any Rotary Club
in the United States, accord
ing to a statement by Wade
Sutton, secretary, at last
week's meeting, when the
club celebrated the 41st an
niversary of the founding of
Rotary International.
The Highlands club was
organized In April of last
year and has 22 members.
The club's president, Stacey
C. Russell, has been on vaca
tion in Mississippi and Flor
ida for the past two and a
half months, and during that
time the meetings have been
conducted by the vice-presi
dent, O. F. Summer.
Short talks were made at
last week's meeting by two
visiting Rotarians, J. Harvey
Trice and W. C. Ball, of
Thomasville, Ga.
Echols Buys
^ Old Morrison
School Place
The old Morrison school prop
erty on the Georgia road (High
way No. 23i changed hands this
week.
The new owners are Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Echols, formerly -of
Washington, Ga.. who have liv
ed in this county far the past
several years. They bought the
property from Jos. Ashear, who
acquired it a number of years
ago from the Presbyterian
church.
The property contains 27
acres, on which there are three
frame buildings, with a total of
29 rooms.
Mr. and Mrs. Echols plan to
operate the place as a tourist
home, to be known as Leonard
Tourist home. The name is in
honor of their son, Leonard.
They hope to be ready for
guests by June 1. Meanwhile, a
number of improvements are to
be made.
The buildings already have
water and electric lights, and
the property is on a bus line.
Mr. and Mrs. Echols and their
son and daughter, Agnes, al
ready have moved into their
new home.
Bill Sloan Back Home
After Long Army Duty
T. Sgt. Bill^W. W.t Sloan ar
rived in Franklin Monday, after
43 months' service in the army.
Sgt. Sloan, who was discharg
ed January 27, was overseas 13
months, serving with the count
er intelligence corps in New
Guinea and the Philippines.
Prior to entering the service, he ,
was connected with the Nanta- 1
hala Power and Light company
here. j
One In Hospital,
One Jailed After
Downtown Fight
John McCoy, 26, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Montgomery McCoy of
the Gneiss section, was taken
to Angel clinic Thursday night
suffering from a stab wound in
the chest and lung, and cuts on
the face and ear, and two hours
later Verlin Welch, of Franklin,
Route 3, was arrested by Sher
iff J. P. Bradley and Reno
Moses, night policeman, and
lodged in the jail, charged with
the cutting.
The cutting, officers said, oc
curred in an alley just off East
Main street, in the business sec
tion, about 8 o'clock.
McCoy, still a patient at the
clinic, is reported to be recov
ering, and Welch has been re
leased under $500 bond for his
appearance at the March term
of superior court.
Deland Stencil, of Central, 8
C., was admitted to Angel clinic
; Wednesday to undergo an oper
| atlon.
Plan Qutlined To Bring
Registered Heifers
Into County
A plan under which Macon
County business men will buy
1 registered Guernsey heifer calves
and loan" them to farm boys
in this county was announced
this week by Sam W. Menrien
hall. county agent.
Eight firms already have
agreed to buy calves, he said.
The calves are expected to cost
about $150 each.
Under the plan, the business
man will buy the calf and turn
it over to a selected farm boy,
and then work with the boy in
developing the animal. The boy.
in turn, will agree to care for
the calf, breed it to a register
ed Guernsey bull, and give the
first heifer calf it has to the
business man. The original call
then will become the property
of the boy.
The firms which have agreed
to buy calves are the Nantahala
Creamery company, Duncan
Motor company, Burrell Motor
company, Southern dairies, Ma
con County Supply company. ,
Zickgraf Hardwood company.
Dowdle Wholesale company, and
Franklin Hardware company.
Announced At Meeting
Mr. Mendenhall made the an
nouncement at Wednesday
night's meeting of the Frank
lin Rotary club in connection
with a talk, illustrated by
slides, made at that meeting by -
C. W. Wheeler of Lafayette, Ga.
Mr Wheelers theme was the
thought that it is necessary to
build a dairy people as well as
dairy herds to have a dairy
country. He emphasized In his
talk that the business men
not be giving the calves to the
Soys; that all they will be giv
ing the boys is a chance
The boys who will get the
calves are to be selected by a
committee. To, qualify, a bo>
must be a member of a 4-H
club or of the Future Farmers
of America. And to obtain a
calf, a boy will be required to
write a letter to the county
agents office stating why he
wants a calf and what he in
tend^ to do with it.
in his talk. Mr. Wheeler,
livestock specialist of the G??1"
gia extension service, said tnis
region possesses a climate ad
mirably adapted to dairying
cool enough in summer for the
dairy cow; plenty of rain to
make pastures, and cool enough
to make the manufacture and
handling of milk easy. He added
that the spring water Ls cool
enough to quickly take the an
imal heat out of the milk, that
the winters are warm cn?UR
to make considerable winV?
grazing possible, and that the
soil is rich in certain minerals.
Need Dairy People
In addition, "we have the
market. We have in this trade
area 3,700 people who don t
have enough milk.
. "We do not have the cows,
but cows alone won't do it. we
must have a dairy people
The speaker then outlined the
qtaees in the development of
a dairy people, emphasizing the
idea that "It takes a long time
to build things worth while .
and that the right kind of peo
ple "will build a nation
i Footes Thompson, field rep
resentative of Coble Dairy prod
ucts and J. W. Cooper, Rabun
i county farm agent, also were
guests for the dairy program of
i the club. .
I President Carl S. Slagle pre
i sided, and Mr. Mendenhall
j served as program chairman.
TOO MUCH NEWS
Unfortunately, type isn't made
01 rubber. Because It isn't, only
a certain amount of type can
be crowded Into a fixed amount
of space.
That is the explanation for
the failure of several n ews
items of general interest to ap
pear in The Press last week.
For once, there was just too
much news.
The items in question appear
In this issue.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
and his sister, Mrs. Esther
Freas, spent Wednesday in
Ashevllle on business.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ledford, of Shooting: Creek, a
, son in February, at Angel ollnic.