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VOL. UU? NO. ?
FRANKLIN. N. C? THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 1946
$2.00 FER YEAR
EXPANSION PLANNED BY PIPE FIRM
Will Pay Veterans
To Learn On Farms
Apprentice Benefits Can
Be Drawn Under
G. 1. Bill
Any Maoon County veteran
who Is Interested In farming is
eligible for training, with gov
ernment benefits, under the ed
ucation provisions of the O. I.
Bill of Rights, it was explained
here this week.
One phase of the educatibn
section of the law provides for
apprenticeship training in any
line of work, including. farming.
Under this provision, the veter
an will be paid $65 a month, if
single, or $90 if married, by the
government, to supplement the
income received from his em
ployer, during his training.
In North Carolina, the farm
phase of this apprenticeship
training will be under the di
rection of state and federal vo
cational agriculture officials,
and in this county it will be
directed by E. J. Whitmire, ag
riculture teacher in the Frank
lin school. The program was
outlined to Mr. Whitmire and
representatives of other counties '
west of Buncombe at a meet
ing in Sylva last week.
The farm training is available
to all veterans interested in
in farming, Mr. Whitmire said,
and they may work either on
their own farms, on rented
farms, or as trainee-employes
of farmers. They are required
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Do You
Remember ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Van Herbert, colored, having
Imbided nubbin juice too freely,
was 4 little disorderly at the
concert at the colored church
Thursday night, and Saturday
he had to contribute $5 and
cost to make matters even.
Daniel Lyle went to Clay
Tuesday on business.
?>
A man in Madison county i
heard Hezekiah Oudger make
the best speech he ever heard I
six years ago, and went home )
and named his baby Hezekiah j
Oudger. A few days ago he
learned that Hezekiah had
turned Republican and he 1
changed his boy's name to
Thaddeus.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Conley and*
little daughter, and Mrs. Con
ley's mother, Mrs. Ella Adding
ton, arrived in Franklin last
week from Atlanta. Mr. Conley
has sold his interest in the 1
hotel business in Atlanta to C.
W. Hames.
-The girls of Iotla seemed to
have gotten angry with the
editor of the "Weekly" because
he printed the facts of one of
their choice basket-ball games.
From 8. *8. S. Literary Society:
LOST: a beau. No reward is of
fered, as the property is worth
less. <81gned) Kate Penland.
10 TEARS AGO
A surprise birthday party was
given Saturday for Miss Jennie
Woods by a number of her
friends. About a dozen ladies,
carrying basket lunches and
presents for Miss Woods, an in
valid, called at her home and
spent part of the day.
The Tallulah Falls railway Is
facing another crisis, due to the
depletion of its cash reserve,
and unless conditions show
marked improvements in the
next few months, the line will
be forced to cease operating,
according to a statement made
by J. F. Oray, receiver of the
railway company.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Zachary,
of Concord, spent the latter
part of the week vlaltlng Mr.
Zachary's uncle and aunt, Mr.
and mas. R. D. Slsk, of Iotla
street, and Mrs. Zachary's aunt,
Miss Annie BUgle at her homt
In Cartooftthayr
The Weather
Following is the official
weather data for Franklin for
the past week ? high and low
temperatures for each day. and
I the amounts of precipitation:
High Low Prec.
Thursday 61 18 0
| Friday 83 30 0
(Saturday 53 31 06
j Sunday 47 31 T*
| Monday 60 25 0
J Tuesday 69 31 0
I Wednesday 59 50 .06
(Thursday ? 31 ?
* Trace; snow flurry.
Rainfall for the week, .12 of
an inch.
For the month, 5.29 inches.
For the year, 12.97 inches.
Maximum temperature this
month, 69 degrees, on the 26
Minimum, 17 degrees, on the 3.
New Highway
To Eliminate
'W' On Wayah
The historic "W" on the
Wayah Gap road is to be elimi
nated under plans worked out
by the Forest service.
The Wayah Gap road is to be
relocated, and the relocation
will cut out the "W", E. A.
Schilling, supervisor of the Nan
tahala National forest, has an
nounced. Funds are now avail
able for the relocation and con
struction work, Mr. Schilling
said, and it is hoped that, after
July 1, the forest service will
have the money to black-top
the new road.
The "W" has been an 01A
standing landmark on the Way
ah road for several generations
of Wayah Bald campers. Easily
visible on a clear day from the
top of the mountain, it always
has brought thrills to children
and newcomers to the moun
tains as their wagons, buggies,
or automobiles swept around its
hairpin curves.
The plan for the new road,
Mr. Schilling said, calls for lo
cating It, as far as possible, on
the southern, rather than north
ern, slopes. This will make it
easier to maintain, and will
eliminate much of the snow and
ice hazard that prevails so of
ten during the winter on the
present road.
The construction work, which
it is hoped can be begun about
April 1, toll require steam shovei
and bulldozer equipment, Mr.
Schilling explained.
Zone Meeting
Of W. S. C S. Will Be
Held Here Saturday
A Zone meeting of the Meth
odist Woman's Societies for
Christian Service in Macon j
County will be held at the
Franklin church Saturday, start
ing at 11 a. m.
A feature of the meeting will
be the presentation of a life
membership to Mrs. George A.
Jones, a member for 69 years,
and the last surviving charter
member of the Franklin society.
The chief speaker will be Mrs.
David Hall of Cullowhee. Mrs.
J. R. Long of Bryson City, dis
trict president, also will speak.
The Rev. W. Jackson Huney
cutt, pastor of the Franklin
church, will conduct the devo
tlonals. Mrs. Fred Slagle, local
chairman, announced also that
reports by presidents of .all so
cieties in the county will be
heard. ^
Following a two-hour session,
the group will assemble in the
church dining room (or a "pot
luck" lunch, to be furnished by
the ladies attending.
BENEFIT SQUARE DANCE
WILL BE HELD AT OTTO
A square dance will be held
at the Otto school Friday night,
March 1, at 8 o'clock, it has
been announced. Proceeds from
the dance, a benefit alialr.wlll
|o to the school lunehroom.
FUND CAMPAIGN
FOR RED CROSS
TO OPEN FRIDAY
This County's Quota For
Wcrk Of Organization
Is $3,450
During the next nine days,
Macon. County people will be
asked to contribute $3,450 to the
American Red Cross.
The nine-day period, March
1-9, is that set aside for the
Red Cross' fund campaign, de
signed to raise money to con
tinue the organization's work,
at home and overseas, during
1 the next 12 months. The $3,450
is the quota for this county.
The campaign in this county
is headed by Bob S. Sloan, and
this week he announced the
community chairman for the
drive, . ?
In outlining plans for the :
campaign, Mr. Sloan pointed out
to the people of Macon County
that:
"It is your Pled Cross. It is
your sons and your brothers and
your husbands to whom this j
'greatest Mother of them all'
will minister across the seas.
It is your neighbors ? or it may
be you ? to whom it will min
ister here at home during the
coming year.
"It is one organization we
must not 'let down'."
The campaign will get under
way Friday morning, following
a "kick-off" dinner at the Ter
race Thursday evening at 7
O'clock, at wlach the campaign
material will be distributed.
Capt. Marvin L. Golden, recon
ditioning officer at Moore Gen
eral hospital, will be the chief
speaker at the dinner.
The campaign, chairman for
the various communities in the
county are listed below. Where
two names are given, they are
co-chairmen. It was left to the
chairmen to appoint the work
ers in their communities.
? The list of names follows:
Franklins Mrs. Allan Brooks.
Holly Springs: Mrs. Lefferts
Higdon and Mrs. Frank Crisp.
Cowee: Mrs. Hazel Hurst.
West's Mill: E. J. Carpenter.
Oak Grove: Mrs. Ferd Morri
son and Mrs. Ray Bradley. |
Leatherman: Mrs. Kella Gib
son.
Franklin, Route 3: Mrs. Paul
ine Houston. - j
Tellico: Bobby Ramsey.
Lower Cartoogechaye : Mrs.
Fred Bryson.
Burningtown: Mrs. Grady Du
vall.
Mashburn Branch: Mrs. Mary
F. Peek.
Watauga: Lee Crawford.
Buck Creek school district: '
Sam A. Bryson.
Pine Grove: Ernest M. Dills.
Upper Higdonville: Mr^. Lavi
cia Moses.
Walnut Creek: Mrs. Faye
Mashburn.
Gold Mine: Earl Dendy.
Union and Morrison: Miss
Juanlta Allen.
Otto: Mrs. Hazel Norton.
Franklin, Route 2: J. J. Mann.
Ridgecrest: Gordon C. Smith.
Upper Coweta: Frank Norton.
Continued on Page Eight?
For these three? Your Red Cross must carry on!
Concert By
Symphony Set
For April 2
April 2 is the date set for the
appearance here of the North
Carolina Symphony orchestra,
it was announced this week by
E. J. Carpenter, Macon County j
chairman of the Symphony so
ciety's membership campaign.
In order to bring the orches
tra to Franklin, this county,
must -f alse $460 in memberships
in the society, but $200 already
was in sight early this week,
and Mr. Carpenter said he felt
sure the total will be subscribed.
Music lovers, he said, and oth
ers interested in the cultural de
velopment of this community
are responding promptly to the
appeal for memberships in this
North Carolina organization.
There are three types of mem
berships, for $1, $5, and $25.
The $1 memberships entitle
members to attend the concert
here and that in Asheville, and
that amount is considerably less
than the price will be for tick
ets bought at the door for
either concert, it was explained.
The 21-piece orchestra is
scheduled to give a free con
cert for school children at the
Franklin school the afternoon
of April 2, probably at 1 o'clock.
The concert for adults will be
presented in the evening. For
the latter event, the committee
in charge hopes to obtain use !
of the Macon theater.
The orchestra is under the di- |
rection of Dr. Benjamin Swalin,
violinist, composer, and teacher.
Youth Fellowship
In County To Held
Meeting On Mcnday
The Macon County Methodist
Youth Fellowship will hold its
sub-district meeting at Clark's
Chapel church next Monday
night, March 4, at 7:30 o'clock.
English Girl, War Bride
Of Macon Soldier, Is Here
Macon County has an over
seas war bride tn the person of
Mrs. Joan Wlckenden Teague.
wife of Rafe Teague of Prentiss.
So far as could be learned, she
is the first and only overseas
war bride in this county.
Smiling happily, Mrs. Teague,
a 24-year old English girl, said
in an interview that she is de
lighted to be in the United
States, and added that she finds
the mountains of Western North
Carolina very beautiful ? "like
home". She comes from Chick
ester, In Sussex, England.
There are many things she
finds quite different from those
in England, she said, particu
larly the food. In England, she
explained, If they eat potatoes,
they eat potatoes, while In this
country, people "mix foods up".
She la rapidly becoming adjust
ed, however, she added. She
lamhlin|ly declined to confirm
or deny reports that she has
been experimenting, already, in
the operation of a tractor on
the Teague farm.
She was thrilled, she said,
when she arrived in this coun
try last month, to find "such a
peaceful and plentiful land",
and pleased by the "warm and
friendly welcome" she has re
ceived everywhere in the United
States.
She and Mr. Teague were
married March 19, 1945, 10 days
after his return to England
from service with the army air
forces in the African theater.
He w.as returned to the Stages
the following June, and has
been busy since his return to
this county getting his home in
readiness for the arrival of his
bride, whom he met In New
York. Mr. Teague is connected
with the Prentiss Food Products
company,
6 ARE HELD ON
ROBBERY COUNT
4 Men, 2 Girls Bound
Over In Hold-Up Of
Arvin Duvall
Charged with the attempted
highway robbery of Arvin Du
vall last Saturday night, four
young men and two young
women were bound to superior
court at a hearing held Monday
morning before Justice of the
Pesce C. A. Setser.
The defendants are Frank
Raby and his sister, Louise
Raby, of the Rose Creek sec
tion; Clyde Elliott, Verion Jen
kins. and Fred Jenkins, of Lakey
Creek; and Delia Sanders, of
the Skeenah section.
Mr. Duvall is said to have had
$400 in cash in his pocketbook,
but he testified that he hid the
pocketbook under the automo
bile seat and that the defen
dants did not find it.
He testified that he was on
his way home, just at "dusky
dark", when a car without lights
cut in ahead of him, forcing
him to stop, at the Duvall mill
on the Bryson City road. The
persons in the second car got
out, he said, and one jerked
open the left door of his auto
mobile, and struck him with his
fist. He said he was dragged
from the car, stamped on. and
searched. One of the girls, he
said, took the key out of his
car and took his hat and a
carton of cigarettes.
All the defendants took the
stand and testified' they left
here about 4 o'clock Saturday
afternoon to attend a dance in
Asheville, and did not return
to Franklin until 9 o'clock Sun
day morning.
That testimony was contra
dicted by Albert L. Ramsey, who
took the stand and testified he
passed the scene at about the
time of the "alleged robbery at
tempt, and that he saw some of
the defendants there.
When the evidence was all in,
Justice of the Peace Setser
found probable cause, and ord
ered the si* held to the March
term of superior court under
bonds of $500 each.
The six were arrested Sunday
morning on warrants signed by
Mr. Duvall, and all remained in
jail until the hearing. Mr. Du
vall said another _ girl was in
the party, but she" has not yet
been arrested.
Group From Macon
Attends Methodist
Evangelism School
The Rev. W. Jackson Huney
Cutt, the Rev. D. P. Grant, Mrs.
Joe Setser, Mrs. Gilmer Setser,
Mrs. Geo. A. Jones, and Armen
ius Burch attended the school
of evangelism conducted at the
Bryson City Methodist church.
Tuesday. Delegates also were
present from Andrews, Hayes
ville, and other communities in
i this region.
] Dr. W. B. West, the Methodist
I district superintendent, , had
I charge of the program, and Dr.
7; 8. Love, director of the Lake
Junaluska assembly ground, was
the chief speaker.
$50,000 PLANT
TO BE BUILT BY
BRIAR CONCERN
Will Construct Mill And
Dry Kiln, Increase
Labor Force
Highlands Briar, Inc., Frank
lin plant which is now turning
out between 40 and 50 gross
weekly of tobacco pipes made
from rhododendron and laurel
burl, this week announced plans
for a $50,000 expansion.
The concern, which recently
bought the property, east of
the Little Tennessee river, on
which its plant stands, will
erect a main building at a cost
of approximately $30,000, and
construct a commercial dry kiln
to cost about $20,000, Marion
Perce, manager, said.
As a result of f,he expansion
of its facilities, the firm ex
pects to increase the approxi
mately 100 persons it now reg
ularly employs to 120 or 125.,
The main building, which will
house the frazeing room and
finishing plant, will be a one
story structure, 50 by 150 feet,
of steel frame construction, with
tile finish. It will have a floor
space about three times as
great as that of the present
plant. The frazeing room, now
temporarily housed at the plant,
will be approximately four times
as large as the present frazeing
room. The finishing plant, now
situated in the Munday build
ing on Main street, also will
have much greater space.
Grading for the new building
already is under way, and con
struction contracts will be let
as soon as the grading is fin
ished and the plahs and speci
fications are completed and ap
proved. The building is being
designed by Dave Steel com
pany, Asheville.
Highlands Briar, Inc., which
was established here nearly two
years ago, utilizes the burls, or
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Smokey Says:
!i HOLD IT, BOyS? I
r \KEEP THOSE SMOKES/
KLlNTNC.C/W/
More than 20 per cent of South
ern woods fires are caused by
careless smokers. In your car, use
the ash tray. When afoot, crush
out every spark. Help protect our
forest resources.
MEET SMO'EY! ?
This week's edition of The
Press introduces 'Smokey," an
amiable cartoon bear, with a
timely forest fire prevention
message. This inimitable char
acter, wearing trousers and a
forest ranger's hat, will pre
sent to readers a weekly mes
sage on forest conservation and
protection.
The importance of forests for
providing lumber and other
woods products, his never been
better recognized ( than today.
The need for thousands of
homes, increased paper output,
and other products, is urgent.
Growing trees to meet these- de
mands, and to provide work for
local labor in this community,
will require protection from
fire and from mismanagement.
"Smokey's". little reminders
will help bring these thoughts
j home to the public. Readers will
have an opportunity to make
suggestions for drawings and
sayings , for future "Smokey
Says." If you have an idea to
suggest, submit It to the local
state or federal forester, or
send it direct to the U. 8. For
est Service, Olenn Building, At
lanta 3, Oa. Any suggestions
made by readers and used by
"Smokey" will be credited to
the person submitting the idea.