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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946
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PLANTOEXPAND
COWETA FOREST
STATION WORK
Would Make It Leading
Watershed Center
In Country
Plans to make the Coweta
Forest Experiment station in
Macon County the outstanding
watershed management research
center in the United States
were announced this week, in
connection with action . by a
senate committee on an appro
priation for experimental for
est activity.
The senate committee added
',300,000 to the amount already
appropriated for forest research,
and it was explained that a
considerable proportion of this
will be expended at such points
as the Bent Creek station, in
Buncombe county, and the Co
eta station in this county.
Expansion of the work of the
Coweta and other experimental
stations, as well as establish
ment of new stations, is antici
pated after the beginning of
the new fiscal year, July 1, It
was said.
PLAN 4th SUNDAY SING
The Fourth Sunday Singing
convention will be held at the
Bethel Methodist church Sun
day afternoon^ May 26, at 1:30
o'clock, it has been announced
by Pritchard Russell, president.
Do You
Remember . ... ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Mr. Jean Bryson went .to jump
the barbed wire fence near the
academy, but by a sad mis
chance he landed on top of it
and the consequences were not
very pleasant.
Just after Mr. W. C. Allman
had mounted his horse to start
home Friday evening, his horse
became unruly and threw him
off in a street. He struck on his
face and was considerably
bruised and rendered uncon
scious. His little boy was on be
hind him and cHing to his back
in the fall escaped injury.
The Macon county contingent
of revenue officials and jurors
?f the Federal court at Ashe
ville returned home the latter
part of last. week.
25 YEARS AGO
WEST'S MILL? Since the de
parture of Jack Frost the boys
of West's Mill have left the
very popular game of horseshoe
pitching,' and manfully walked
to the cornfield, where a very
successful battle is being waged
on the Stubborn weeds and
briars.
ELLIJAY ? Mr. Charlie Moore,
Mr. Olney Moses and Miss Ida
Moses made a trip to Tesenta
a few days ago. Mr. Olney
Moses speaks of the trip rather
favorably, so we guess his luck
has turned right again. It was
only a short time ago that a
good horse belonging to him
killed itself by falling into an
old corundum mine.
The S. S. S. of the Franklin
graded school
Quince ? "One day while I was
plowing in my popcorn field the
sun shone so hot and the corn
began popping, when the horse
saw the corn he thought it was
snow and lay down and froze
to death."
Fleet ? "Pshaw! That's noth
ing. One day while I was out
West, I was in the field plow
ing, and the sun got so hot my
horse burned, and before I
could bury him a cold wind
came up, and the other froze
to death.
10 YEARS AGO
Franklin Grocery Company
specials: Stew beef, per pound,
9c; boneless beef roast, 17c per
lb., and lamb roast, 18c per
pound.
Lee Leach, who recently pur
chased George R. McPherson'i
Interest In the Main street lot
between the Dowdle building
and the Macon Theatre, has
announced that he Intends to
erect a modern business bulld
i Inn on the property.
24 TO BE GRADUATED FROM FRANKLIN HIGH ? Pictured above are (he 12 bays and 12 girls who will be given their
high school diplomas in exercises at the Franklin schaol Friday evening at 8 o'clock. In the front row, left to right, are: Freda
Potts, Annie Sue Conley, Betty Speed, l.andy Pcndergrass, mascot, Chloe Smith, Terry Slagle, mascot, Tommye Ledford, Maxine
Dean, Rebecca Smart, and Edgar Smith. Middle row: Mrs. Maiie Stewart, class sponsor; Claretta Stiles, Ruth Br.vson, Wint
Duvall, Betty Bradley, Paul Plemmons, Roy Rickman, Betty Bryson, Gilmer Henson, Sybil Patts, and Principal George H. Hill.
Back row: Eugene Waldroop, Carl Mason, Richard Bingham, Hershel Wilson, Bruce Rickman, James Roper, and Charles Curtis.
County Supt. G. L. Houk will confer the diplomas and Principal George H. Hill will present the awards. Sybil Potts will
deliver the valedictory address, and Annie Sue Conley will give the salutatory. The music will feature the girls' chorus of the
school.
The commencement exercises got under way last Sunday night, when the Rev. R. M. Hardee, Highlands Methodist minister,
delivered the baccalaureate sermon.
SLAGLE NAMED
LEGIONJEAD
Maccn Post Holds Its
Annual Election
Of Officers
Charlie Slagle was elected
commander of the Macon Coun
ty post No. 708 of the American
Legion, at the post's annual
election of officers Monday
night. He succeeds C. N. (Joei
Dowdle, who recently resigned.
The post members chose Har
old Enloe, A. R. Higdon, arid
John D. Alsup as vice-com
manders.
Other officers elected are:
John Crawford, adjutant; C.
N. Dowdle, assistant adjutant;
Bob S. Sloan, service officer;
Raymond Culver, assistant serv
ice officer; Gilrfter A. Jones,
guardianship officer; Joe Gibbs,
sergeant-at-arms; William Wal
droop, historian; and Thomas
Setser, athletic officer. The of
fice of chaplain was left open.
Miss Lassie Kelly was named
child welfare chairman; Lon
Dalton, graves registration
chairman; Adolph Zoellner,
membership chairman ; and
John A. (Gust Leach, publicity
officer.
Detailed plans tor an instil
lation ceremony are being work- j
ed out.
Horticultural
Specialist To Visit
County May 29
H. R. Niswonger, horticultur
al specialist, will spend Wed
nesday. May 29, in this county,
it was announced this week by
County Agent S. W. Mendenhall.
Farmers who desire information
on the growing of small fruits
and vegetables should get their
requests to the county agent's
office prior to Wednesday, so
that arrangements can be made
for Mr. Niswonger to visit their
farms. Mr. Mendenhall said.
Mr. Niswonger will meet with
the Carson Chapel home dem
onstration club Wednesday aft
ernoon to discuss the growing
of cherries, strawberries, rasp
berries, and vegetables. The
meeting will be in the Sunday
school room of the church at 2
p. m. Interested persons are in- j
vited.
There has always been more
demand than supply for straw
berries and raspberries, Mr.
Mendenhall pointed out, in an
nouncing Mr. Niswonger's visit.
VAN RAALTF. PERSONNEL
HEAD VISITS FRANKLIN
T. J. Oriffls, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
personnel counselor for the
Van Raalte company, the con
cern which last week announc
ed plans to erect a textile plant
in Franklin, was here Wednes
day for a short time. Mr. Orif
fls is the son of L. W. Oriffls,
vice-president of the company.
REPRESENTATIVE WEAVER
PAYS VISIT TO FRANKLIN
Representative Zebulon Weaver
was here Monday on a cam
paign swing through the dis
trict.
Franklin Gets Air-Minded; .
14 Have Learned To Solo
Will Give Enloes
Merit Certificate
S>
As Timber Farmers
R. C. and Turner Enloe, of
the Cartoogechaye commun
munity, have been awarded
a certificate of Meritorious
Service by the North Caro
lina Forestry association for
timber farming.
R. W. Graeber, in charge
of N. C. forestry extension
work, will present the certi
ficate to the Enloe brothers
next Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the Enloe
home. Farmers, timbemien,
and others interested are in
vited to be present for the
ceremony. This is the first
such certificate ever awarded
In Macon County.
Fanners who have timbc
for sale would do well to be
present at the meeting and
make arrangements with Mr.
Graeber to have their timber
estimated. County Agent S.
W. Mendenhall suggested. All
farmers.he added, should
know about the timber larim
crs' program conducted by
the N. C. Forestry associa
tion.
Gneiss Man
Is Killed In
Truck Mishap
J. B. Holland, of the Gneiss
section of Macon county, and
Allen Ross Clark and Carl
Gregg, both of Winona, Miss.,
were killed last Sunday night
about 8 o'clock when the lumb
er truck in which they were
riding left the Long Creek road,
between Westminister, S. C.,and
Clayton, Ga., and went into the
edge of the Tugaloo river, in
Oconee county, Ga.
The men. all employes of the
Georgia Hardwood company, at
Cleveland, were en route to
Jackson, Miss., with a truck load
of groceries when the truck
left the road on a sharp curve.
The truck and its contents were
destroyed by fire, and the two
men from Cleveland were burn
ed beyond recognition, it was
learned here from members of
the Holland family who went to
the scene.
Mr. Holland, who suffered a
severe cut on the head, died
about 9:30 o'clock, only a few
minutes after he was taken
from the truck. He spoke only
a few words, it was said, be
fore he died.
He had been employed by the
hardwood firm as a truck driv
er for the past two years, was
23 years old. He was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Holland,
of the Gneiss community, where
he had spent his entire life un
, til two years ago. He was un
married and his earlier life was
spent In farming.
Funeral services were held
Continued on Pace 10?
By a Flying Mountaineer
Yes, sirree. Franklin has
"done took to flying".
i From the local dentist to the
! telephone man. we're getting
air-minded. Saw one ol the
local ladies climb into her hus
band's plane, and off she went
to do a bit of shopping in one
of the larger towns, getting
back to Franklin before she
could have gotten halfway to
ner destination in a car.
Last March 28 was the first
anniversary of the opening of
the local airport, and during
the slightly more than a year
since then, 14 Macon County
men have found out what it's
like to go "off into the wild
blue yonder", alone. What's
more important, they got down,
too!
These proud aviators are J.
Ward Long, Harold Bradley.
John Archer. Mac Ray Whit
aker. Jim Horsley, Clyde Sand
ers, Elbert Hedden, C. J. Ham
ilton. Ernest Hyde, Charles
Bradley, Howard Stewart, Her
mon Gnuse, J. C. Crisp and Dr.
W. E. Furr. Prouder still are the
four that have gone ahead and
worked until they earned their
private licenses ? Grant Zick
graf. Frank Henry, Carl Ty
singer and J. Ward Long. This
means that' they passed their
written and flight examinations
and came out qualified pilots.
One of the things a private
license gives them the privilege
of doing is taking up their i
friends and families? but one
wife pf a certain "hot pilot" |
was heard to say: "No matter:
where he goes in an airplane.
I always say wait for me and
I'll meet you there in the car'." j
Not so, however, with all the
wives; for example, Mrs. Thel
ma Zickgraf and her pilot hus
band can be seen taking off
nearly every week-end to visit
friends in some section of the
country.
Many oldsters come to the
airport regularly every Sunday
to see the planes flying off and
on the Thomas Bottoms with
still unbelieving eyes. The old
est passenger so far was a
young lady of 86 who could only
say, "Wonderful contraption",
when she landed.
The Franklin fellas with eyes
to the future have heeded the
poster of the post-war world
which rends "An airplane for
Every Garage" and bought their
j own planes. The "BIO 4" ? John
' Archer, Carl Tysinger, Ernest
Hyde and Dick Jones? were first
last fall to buy their own plane.
?It is a blue and cream Piper
coupe. When the army released
the surplus planes for sale,
Frank Henry and Carl Tysinger,
Winton Perry and John Archer,
Bob Cooper and J. Ward Long
bought three of the big silver
BT-13's. Grant Zickgraf has
been the envy of all the gang
with his AT-6. This plane has
a speed of 165 miles an hour
and is really what one would
call a "honey".
Forty-seven per cent of the
counties of the United States
lack airport facilltlea.
PLAN TEXTILE
MILL IN SWAIN
Van Raalte To Build
Plant Similar To
That Here
The Van Raalte company,
which last week announced
plans far early opening of a
glove manufacturing operation
in the Leach building here, and
the construction, when building
materials are available, of a
textile plant in East Franklin,
will build a similar plant in
Bryson City.
Announcement of the Bryson
City plans was made this week.
Meanwhile, said the announce
ment, 25 women already have
been employed in Bryson City J
for a glove-making operation,
and the number will be in
creased shortly to 35.
For its Bryson City plant, the
company purchased a four-acre
tract? about the size, of that
bought here ? and it was said
that negotiations are under way
for purchase of an adjoining
tracti on which homes for com
pany officials will be erected.
The firm's Bryson City an
nouncement, like that relating
to the Franklin plant, emphas
ized that construction of the
plant is dependent upon ob
taining building materials.
Double
Quota For Cancer Fund
Raised In County
Macon County doubled its
quota in the campaign for
funds for the American Can
cer society.
A total of $560 has been turn
ed in to H. W. Cabe, treasurer,
he said Wednesday, and a re
port from Highlands said more
than $40 collected there under
the leadership of Col. Ralph
Mobray, co-chairman for that
area.
The county's quota was $300.
The funds will be used for
research and education. The
drive here was headed by John
A. Johnson, chairman. Col. Mo
bray. Bob S. Sloan, and Mrs.
Florence Sherrill were co-chair
men.
WILL CLEAN CEMETERY AT
COWEE BAPTIST CHURCH
Persons who have relatives
and friends buried in the Co
1 wee Baptist church cemetery are
j asked to bring tools and help
in cleaning the cemetery on
next Thursday, May 30. It is
expected to take all day to
clean the cemetery, and those
coming to work are asked to
'bring food for a picnic lunch
at noon.
The Weather
High Low Prec.
Thursday 79 62 .95
Friday ?. 80 60 .00
Saturday 76 56 .28
Sunday 72 44 .00
Monday 68 52 .17
Tuesday 71 59 .13
Wednesday 76 40 .00
Total rainfall for week, 1.53
Inches.
WILL PICK 14
NOMINEES IN
SATURDAY VOTE
Macon Democrats A ^
To Ballot In t hree
District Races
Democratic voters 01 Macon
County will go to the polls i>.u
urday to select the party's nom
inees for 14 county offices, and
to ballot for nominees for three
district posts ? representative in
congress, solicitor, and
senator.
The polls in the 12 voting
precincts will open at 0:30 a.
m., and close at 6:30 p m.
Interest appears i,o center i.i
the county races for jJit ri ;
and representative, and in the
12th district ra;ce for represen
tative, with considerable di. -
cussion, too, of the race lor
five members 1 of the county
board of education.
Altogether, 21 men seek 10
county offices. The unopi as: a
candidates for the oiner four
offices will be automatically
certified.
Registation Light
Exact figures are not avail
able on the registration ? April
27 through May 11 ? of new vot
ers. but officials believe it was
comparatively light. About 300
were registered in Franklin, and
some 25 put their names "on the
. jooks in Cartoogechaye. but
registration figures for the
other precincts could not be
obtained.
Following is a complete list of
the Offices, and the candidates
?seeking them, for which Demo
cratic voters will pick nominees?
Representative in congress
from the 12th district: Monroe
M. Redden, of Hendersonville.
and Zebulon Weaver, of Ashe
ville, the incumbent.
3 Out For Solicitor
Solicitor of the 20th judicial
district: Thad D. Bryson, Jr., of
Franklin, W. Roy Francis, of
Waynesville, and Dan K. Moore,
of Sylva.
State senator from the 33rd
district: Baxter C. Jones, of
Bryson City, and A. L. Penland,
of Hayesville, incumbent.
Representative: Herbert A.
McGlamery, R. A. (Bobt Pat
ton, .and J. M. Raby.
Sheriff: Bill Bryson, C. Tom
Bryson, Fred D. Cabe, Paschal
Norton, and L. B. ( Shine i Phil
lips.
Clerk of superior court: J.
Clinton Brookshire and Gilmer
L. Crawford.
Members of board of county
commissioners (two to be nom
inated >: W. W. Edwards, in
cumbent, John W. Roane, and
W. C. Sheffield.
Members of board of educa
tion (five to be nominated c
Charles J. Anderson, Frank
Browning, Ed Byrd, incumbents;
Walter Gibson, Harmon H.
Gnuse; C. Gordon Moore, in
cumbent; and Bob S. Sloan.
Chairman of the board of
county commissioners: W. E.
(Gene i Baldwin, incumbent,
unopposed, for the nomination.
Register of deeds: Lave V.
Shope, incumbent, unopposed.
Coroner: Lawrence Blaine,
unopposed.
Surveyor: John H. Dalton, un
opposed.
Those selected in Saturday's
primary will be opposed in next
fall's general election by a full
Republican ticket, except that,
that- party has no candidate out
for surveyor.
In listing the Republican can
didates sometime aso, The Press
erroneously said that Clyde
Morgan, of Stiles, filed for
membership on the board of
county commissioners. The Re
publican nominee is Clyde p.
Morgan, of the Nan t, aha la sec
tion.
Morgan
Heads Emergency Food
Relief Here
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
?has been appointed local chair
man lor Emergency Food Col
lection on behalf of UNRRA.
The telegraphic appointment
came from Henry A. Wallace,
national chairman.
The organization's purpose Is
to solicit money for the pur
chase of food, and to collect
canned food, for overseas relief.
Mr. Morgan expect* detailed
information shortly as to what
Is expected of Macon County.