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VOL. LXI? NO. 13
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28. 1H4B
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$2.00 PER YEAR
COMMERCEBODY
TO HOLD ANNUAL
MEET APRIL 12
Heazel, Asheville C. Of C.
Director, To Speak
At Dinner
The Franklin chamber of
commerce will hold its annual
meeting at 7 o'clock the eve
ning of Friday, April 12, at
Panorama Court, it was an
nounced this week by L. H.
Page. It will be a dinner ses
sion.
The Rotary and Lions clubs
will cancel their regular meet
ings that week, and will meet
jointly with the chamber ol
commerce.
Francis J. Heazel, Asheville
attorney, will be the chlei
speaker. Mr. Heazel is a mem
ber of the board of directors
of the Asheville chamber of
commerce, and is chairman of
that organization's regional co
operation committee. A number
of other officials of the Ashe
ville chamber, as well as repre
sentatives of other chambers of
commerce in this region, are
expected to be present as
guests.
A feature of the meeting will
be the election of a board of
seven directors to serve during
the coming year.
Mr. Page, Franklin chamber
vice-president, will preside in
the absence of President E. A.
Schilling, who recently moved
away from Franklin.
At the dinner the members
will select the seven directors
from .a list of 12 submitted by
a nominating committee. The 12
men nominated are W. C. Bur
rell, Grant Zickgraf, 8. W. Men
denhall, C. S. Slagle, Frank B.
Duncan, Harmon H. Gnuse, T.
W. Angel, Jr., Glenn Ray, A. G.
Cagle, M. L. Dowdle, Verlin
Swafford, and Erwin Patton.
Members of the committee that
made the nominations are J. S.
Conley, H. W. Cabe, and W. E.
Continued on Pa gt Eight ?
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Newspapers are often criti
cized for what they print, but
if it were known how much
credit they merit for what they
don't print, or for the non
sense they whack out of what
they do print, they would com
mand a much more generous
judgment.
There are men in the world
who, if they displayed one-half
the enegery in business thai
they exhibit in loafing, would
soon become independent.
What a darling world , it
would be if everybody were as
polite as a candidate.
25 YEARS AGO
(Taken from the Knowledge
Hill , Echo, Franklin school
paper)
We are very glad to know
that a road is being built across
the border of Knowledge Hill,
so Rule Cunningham will not
have so much trouble taking
Miss Newby home.
Mr. James Hauser went to
Kansas City with a car of hogs.
Several of his friends went in
together to make the car.
Wanted: A check book for a
lady that folds in the middle.
For Sale: A mattress by an
old woman stuffed with feath
ers.
10 YEARS AGO
Torrential rain took Western
North Carolina counties by sur
prise between 8 and 9 o'clock
this morning, causing heavy
damage in at least two of them
? Swain and Jackson. When the
downpour subsided, between 9
and 10 o'clock, much of the
downtown, area of Bryson City
was reported flooded to a depth
of two feet, and occupants had
found It necessary to evacuate
a dozen* homes in East Sylva.
William B. Cansler, 72, well
known farmer of the Iotla sec
tion, died at his home of a
heart disease at 3 o'clock Tues
day afternoon.
N. C. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, which will give two performances in Franklin April 2, Js pictured above. The eve
ning concert, for adults, is set for 7 p. m. The group will play for grammar school children at 1 o'clock in the after
noon, and there will be no admission charge for this performance. Both concerts will be given in the Macon Theatre.
HUSBAND, WIFE
HEADSJF O.LS.
Bennie McGlamerys Are
Installed At
Ceremony
The Nequassa chapter of the
Order of the Eastern Star last
Thursday night installed a hus
band and wife "to sit 1n the
East together". The two install
ed in the shapter's chief of
fices are Mr. and Mrs. Bennie
L. McGlamery.
The annual installation cere
mony, held at the Masonic hall,
at which officers for the en
suing year assume their duties,
is one of the highlights of the
year for members of the order.
John L. Orr, of Bryson City,
past grand patron of Grand
Chapter Order of Eastern Star,
was installing officer, assisted [
by Mrs. Eunice Hill Church,
grand marshal, Mrs. Margaret
Cabe, grand chaplain, Mrs. Lois
Ward, grand warder, Mrs. Lil
lian Cabe, grand organist, and
Mrs. Nobia Murray, grand sec
retary. *
The retiring worthy matron,
Mrs. Irene Bryson, had arrange
ments of early mixed spring
flowers throughout the hall,
where a social hour was en
joyed, following the business
session and the installation
ceremony. Refreshments were
served by the past matrons of
Naquassa chapter.
The following new officers
were installed: Mrs. Frances S.
McGlamery, worthy matron ;
Bennie L. McGlamery, worthy
patron; Mi's. Grace B. O'Mo
hundro, associate matron; C.
Gordon Moore, associate patron ;
Mrs. Nobia G. Murray, secre
tary; Mrs. Alice G. Ray, treas
urer ; Mrs. Gennett Thomas, con
ductress; Mrs. Florence S. Sher
rill, associate conductress; Mrs.
Leola F. Penn, chaplain; Miss
Lassie Kelly, marshal; Mrs.
Pearl Palmer, organist; Mrs.
Pearl Corbin, Adah; Mrs. Esth
er Cunningham, Ruth; Mrs.
Josephine B. Long, Esther; Mrs.
Margaret S. Bolton, Martha;
Mrs. Ruth B. West, Electa; Mrs.
Blanche Parrish, , warder, and
Mrs. Nina Crisp, sentinel.
The associate officers include
Miss Elizabeth Slagle, chaplain;
Mrs. Eunice Hill Church, mar
shal; Mrs. Margaret A. Cabe,
organist; Mrs. Hermie B. Bry
ant, Adah; Mrs. Gertrude Gail
ey, Ruth; Mrs. Margaret C. Ty
singer, Esther; Mrs. Ellen Ruih
Franks, Martha; Mrs. Milton E.
Hyde, Electa; Mrs. Elizabeth
Waldroop, warder, and Mrs.
Catherine F. Henry, sentinel.
The following committees were
Continued on Pace Eight ?
Requests
People To Open Homes
To Tourists
Indications are that more
tourist will want to come to
Franklin this summer than the
regular accommodations will
care (or, and H. Lee Guffey,
secretary of the chamber ot
commerce, this week asked that
more people In the county open
their homes to tourists this sea
son.
He also announced that it
will be necessary for the
chamber to revise its directory
of accommodations, and request
ed those who wish to make
changes in their listings, or to
list for the first time, to get
in touch with him, by letter,
whether they have rooms, furn
ished apartments, or houses.
The Weather
High Low Prec.
Thursday ...... 77 27 0
Rainfall to date this month,
4.96 inches; this year, 17.93.
Workers To Complete
Red Cross Drive
With reports from workers
coming in slowly, the total
amount reported subscribed to
the Red Cross fund this week
still stood at slightly less than
half the $3,450 quota.
Pointing out that "Macon
Ccfunty surely won't fail the
Red Cross", Bob S. Sloan, cam
paign chairman, urged workers
to see all those not contacted,
and to report by the end of this i
week.
He also urged persons who
have not been approached to
voluntarily make their dona- 1
tions.
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
73 31 0
76 45 0
72 47 0
72 49 0
65 48 .25
68 50 0
Wednesday
Urges
flan Box Supper,
Cake Walk Friday
At Burningtown
A box supper and cake walk
will be held at the Burning
town school house on Friday
night, March 29, at 7:30 o'clock.
It will be sponsored by the
Burningtown 4-H club.
There will be string music
furnished by local talent and
a cake for the most popular
girl and one for the ugliest
man. The money derived from
the evening's entertainment
will be used for the 4-H Club
cottage, which is being built at
Waynesville by all the 4-H
meinbers of this district.
The public is invited.
Fifth Sunday Singing
The Fifth Sunday Singing
convention will be held at the
courthouse here Sunday, March
31, it has been announced by
James M. Raby, president.
The convention is scheduled
to open at 10 a. m., and con
tinue throughout the day.
Singers are expected from
Georgia, South Carolina and all
the adjoining counties. All
classes, choirs, and singers in
Macon county are invited to
attend and take part on the
day's program. The public also
is invited to attend.
N. C. ORCHESTRA
WILL PLAY HERE
Will Give 2 Concerts
In Franklin On
April 2
The North Carolina Symphony
orchestra will give two con
certs here on Tuesday, April 2.
Both will be at the Macon
Theater.
The appearance of the 21
piece orchestra in Franklin was
assured by the box supper,
sponsored by the Parent-Teach
er association, given last Fri
day night as a benefit.
The group, under the leader
ship of Dr. Benjamin Swalin.
will play for grammar school
children of the county at a
free concert at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon. The evening perfor- ;
mance, for adults, is set for 7 ,
o'clock.
To bring the orchestra to
Franklin, $450 had to be raised.
Approximately $300 of that
ayiount was subscribed in mem- i
b-rships in the North Carolina
Symphony society, and the P.
T. A. box supper assured the
balance.
Memberships are $1. and the
deadline for joining the society
is Saturday night. March 30.
E. J. Carpenter, chairman, an
nounced this Week. Seats no<
taken by members will be avail
able to the general public, but
tickets purchased at the box of
fice will be $1.50, plus the 30 j
cents federal tax.
'The Parent-Teacher associa
tion, which decided to back the
movement to bring the orches
tra here as an educational pro
ject, plans to use the funds it
raised to pay half the mem
bership fees of Franklin High
school students who wish to at
tend. Under this arrangement,
a high school student will pay
only 50 cents, and the P. T. A.
will provide the other 50 cents.
40-Gallon Copper Still
Taken In Coweta Area
Sheriff Perry Bradley Tues
day captured a 40-gallon, cop
per still. The distillery was
found in the Coweta section.
No one was at the still at the
time, the sheriff reported, and
n 6 beer or mash was found,
except that the still itself was
full.
District Auxiliary Meet
To Be Held In Highlands
The spring meeting of the a
first district of the Woman's n
auxiliary of the Episcopal dlo- o
cese of Western North Caro- s
lina will be held at the High- v
lands Episcopal Church of the a
Incarnation Friday, April 5. The : I
meeting will open with a cele- 1
bration of Holy Communion by \
the Rector, the Rev. A. Rufus 1
Morgan, assisted by the Rev. , a
Mark Jenkins. of Calvary u
church, Fletcher.
Mrs. Mark Jenkins, district t
director, will preside at a short s
business session immediately (
after the service, and the meet- <
ing will be continued with talks ?
by Mrs. A. B. Stoney, diocesan I
president, and Mrs. Wm. Gor- <
don, of Spray, who has been \
active In auxiliary work many | 1
Luncheon will be served at 1
1 O'clock at home of Mr. , i
years.
nd Mrs. Sam Baty, on Satulah
lountain, followed by a tour
f "Cheeonondah Gardens." As
isting In serving the luncheon
/ill be officers of the woman's
uxiliary of the Church of the
ncarnatlon, who include Mrs.
'udor N. Hall, president, Mrs.
V. S. Davis, vice-president, Mrs.
'homas C. Harbison, secretary,
nd Miss Caroline Hall, treas
irer.
Churches in the first district
hat are expected to be repre
ented by delegates are Trinity,
Jhurch of the Redeemer, and
Jrace Mission, Asheville; All
Souls, Blltmore; Trinity Chapel,
iaw Creek; Christ School, Ard
sn; St. Andrews, Canton; Cal
'ary, Fletcher; St. Agnes,
franklin; Church of the Mes
tiah, Murphy; St. Jamed', Black
fountain; and Grace, Waynes
rllle.
Undaunted By Auto
Wreck, Couple Weds
In Hospital Here
I'ndaunted by an automo
bile wreck in which the bride
to-be was injured, Miss Claud
ia Rogers, of Highlands, and
Frank Solesbee, of Nantahala,
were married Saturday night
at Angel clinic, where Miss
Rogers was a patient.
The couple was driving to
Clayton to be married when
the wreck occurred, near
Wiley Clark's, on the High
lands road. After Miss Rog
ers, who suffered face and
body injuries, had been ad
mitted and her injuries dress
ed, Mr. Solesbee summoned
C. A. Setser, justice of the
peace, and they were married
at the clinic.
$180 Raised
At Benefit
Box Supper
The box supper, given last
Friday night by the Parent
Teacher association as a bene
fit for the Symphony orchestra
fund, netted approximately $180.
Receipts totaled $186.86, but
there were minor expenses
amounting to five or six dol
lars.
Approximately 200 persons, of
all ages, attended the affair,
and participated in the various
contests.
Highlights of the program in
cluded the auctioning of the
boxes, with Bennie McGlamery
serving as auctioneer; cake !
walks; and contests to select
the prettiest girl and the ugli
est man, with each of the win
ning contestants receiving a
cake.
Square dancing followed the
regular program. Music was
furnished by E. J. Carpenter
and his two sons.
The P. T. A. voted to sponsor
the event in order to assure the
appearance of the North Caro
lina Symphony orchestra, which
will give a free concert in the
afternoon for grammar school
children. Mrs. R. S. Jones, Mrs.
W. E. Hunnicutt, and Mrs. John
Bulgin made up the committee
in charge.
Plan 'Charge Day'
Service Sunday At
Snow Hill Church
The Rev. D. P. Grant, pastor
of the Franklin Methodist
circuit, has announced that
next Sunday "Charge Day" will
be observed at the Snow Hill
Methodist church. Members of
all the churches on this charge
are invited to attend these serv
ices.
The meeting will open Sun
day morning for Sunday school,
after which Dr. W. B. West,
superintendent of the Waynes
ville Methodist district, will
preach at the 11 o'clock service.
Lunch will be served at the
noon hour, and quarterly con
ference will be held following.
Those attending are asked to
bring basket lunches, Mr. Grant
explained.
Churches on this charge in
> elude Iotla, Bethel, Clark's
Chapel, Salem, Louisa Chapel
and Snow Hill.
Dayra Bonya, aged 111, voted
this year, as usual, in the Rus
sian elections.
Production of natural gaso
line has tripled in this country
j In the last decade.
H. M'GLAMERY
CANDIDATE FOR
LEGISLATURE
Burrell Is Fourth Man To
Enter Race For
Sheriff
The announcement' late Wed
nesday of Herbert A. McGlamery
that he is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for rep
resentative was the latest polit
ical development of the past
week here.
Earlier G. F. (Ferdi Burrell
had announced for sheriff, the
Republicans had named their
executive committee officers,
and the county board of elec
tions had met and organized.
Mr. McGlamery's entrance
brings to three the number in
j the Democratic primary race for
i representative, and Mr. Burrell
is the fourth man to come out
for sheriff.
Mr. McGlamery, who is in the
produce business here, is seek
ing public office tor the first
time. Born in Clay county in
1908, he has been active in civic
affairs here during his 11-year
residence in Franklin. He Join
ed the U. S. Forest service in
1935, and for three years was
district ranger clerk. From 1938
to 1943 he was TVA pay- roll
clerk at the Fontana Dam. And
prior to going into business for
himself, he was district pur
chasing agent for the Nantahala
Power and Light company. He
is active in church work, and is
a deacon of the Franklin Bap
tist church. He and Mrs. Mc
Glamery and their daughter
make their home on White Oak
street here. He is the son of
B. A. McGlamery, several times
Clay county register of deeds,
and of Mrs. McGlamery.
The other two candidates for
representative are R. A. i Bob)
Patton, and J. M. (Jimi Raby.
Tc I.ivpctuu>k Hpalpr
Mr. Burrell, a livestock dealer,
is a native of Towns county,
Ga., was reared in Clay coun
ty, in this state, and moved l\ere
about 15 years ago. He and Mrs.
Burrell live at Oak Hill. Three
of their four children are in
Washington, D. C., and the
fourth lives in Cincinnati.
Twice before Mr. Burrell has
sought public office. When he
was 21 he was elected bailiff in
Towns county, and about 25
years ago was beaten by only
a few votes in his race for
sheriff of that county. In his
business, he has traveled over
a wide territory. He is a mem
ber of the Odd Fellows and of
the Junior Order.
In announcing for Sheriff, he
entered a race in which there
already were three candidates,
L. B. (Shine i Phillips, Bill Bry
son, and Pascal Norton.
Higdon Heads G. O. P.
Republicans, at a meeting last
Saturday afternoon, elected A.
R. Higdon as chairman of their
county executive committee.
Walter Dean, retiring chairman,
who presided, was named vice
chairman; Mrs. Edith Byrd was
chosen secretary-treasurer; and
John H. Dean was elected sta
tistician.
The meeting was to have been
made up of newly elected pre
cinct chairman ? who comprise
the executive committee ? but
the downpour of rain the pre
vious Saturday had caused the
postponement of some of the
precinct meetings, so the party
representatives chose the coun
ty officers at a mass meeting.
J. J. Mann was reelected
chairman of the county board
Continued ?n Page Eight ?
Fireman Called
Out At 4:30 A. M.
By Auto Blaze
An automobile fire that
brought out the fire depart
ment Tuesday morning at
4:30 o'clock virtually destroy
ed Raymond Womack's 1941
Chevrolet. The fire occurred
on Main street, just opposite
hotel Hearn.
Firemen had to lay a line
of hose to extinguish the
blaze, which left little of the
car intact except the motor.
Mr. Womack said he had
parked the car about 5 min
utes before and ,had gone to
the fountain to get a drink.
When he returned, the ?uto
i mobile was blailng.