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VOL. LXI? NO. 23
FRANKLIN. N. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946
?2.M PER YEAR
M. R. WHITAKER
NAMED AS HEAD
OF UONS CLUB
I ,
He And Other Officer#
To Be Installed
Next Monday
Mac Rae Whitaker is the new
president of the Franklin Lions
club. He and the pther new of
ficers, chosen at last week's
meeting of the club, will be In
stalled at next Monday's meet
ing of the club.
Mr. Whitaker, line foreman of
the Nantahala Power and Light
company, succeeds W. R. Pen
dergrass as the Lions' president.
The other new officers are:
George H. Hill, first vice- j
president; W. W. Swan, second
vice-president; E. L. Hyde, third
vice-president; Charles H. As
pinwall, secretary; Grover Jam
ison, Jr., treasurer; John Craw- j
ford, Lion tamer; and Clyde
Gailey, tail twister.
As official delegates to at
tend the Lions state conven
tion in Raleigh June 14, Mr.
Whitaker, Mr. Aspinwall, and
Mr. Jamison were appointed.
3. T. U. Association
Plan Meeting June 13
> The Macon Baptist Training
Union association will hold a
convention Thursday, June IS,
at 8:30 p. m., at the Oak Grove
Baptist church, it was announc
ed this week by the director,
Everett R. White.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the file* of The Press)
SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The Oxford Orphan Asylum
will hold its annual celebration
an the 24th of June. The
Grand Lodge of Masons will
meet at that time, and a good
dinner will be prepared for in- 1
vited guests. We acknowledge 1
the courtesy of the invitation '
to "attend.
The colored people held Me
morial services at the colored
Methodist church last Saturday, i
They had the house neatly dec- i
orated, and they cleaned up
I heir graves and put a plank
fence in front. The exercises
were very interesting to the
colored people who attended. ,
Last Sunday as Miss Eva Am- ;
mons was on her way to church j
and when near Col. John In- !
p, ram's the mule attached to the
buggy became frightened and
run away. Miss Ammons was ,
struck across the body by a
sapling and knocked out, sus- \
taining serious injuries. .
25 YEARS AGO
The following announcement '
was received here this week:
"Mr. and Mrs. William Ander
son announce the marriage of '
their daughter, Anna Helen, to
Mr. Horace Harrison, on Sat
urday, October ninth, nineteen
hundred and twenty. Ports
mouth, New Hampshire.
Mr. Frank Bryson arrived in
Franklin Sunday with his bride.
FLATS: I see from the census
report that North Carolina
ranks first in births, and I be
lieve second in deaths. This is
very easily accounted for when
we recall the locals from North
Skeenah a few weeks ago. While
we were having hall storms,
snow, etc., the stork was visit
ing North Skeenah.
10 YEARS AGO
A "Big Muskle", 15 pounds
by actual weight and 40 Inches
long, was hooked by John Moore
Saturday noon, 200 yards down
stream from Lake Emory dam.
A farewell party and picnic
supper was given for Miss Eva
Cleaveland Wednesday evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry D. West prior to her de
parture for her home In Bridge
port, Conn., after a two weeks
visit here.
HIGHLANDS: The Woman's
Auxiliary of the Episcopal
Church of the Incarnation will
give a recaption from 4 to I
O'clock Tuesday afternoon, June
0, In the n?w rectory in honor
Of the -R?v. fcnd Mrs, frank
Bloxham,
no THEY PRAY IN VAIN?
(Contributed to the Emergency rood. Collection by Floyd Murray
Journal, Beaumont. Texas), <.
Primary Vote's
Cost To County
Totaled $ 9 0 0
The May 25 Democratic
primary election cost this
county approximately $900, J.
J. Mann, chairman of the
county board of elections, an
nounced this week.
The expenses included pay
ing the judges and registrars
in- the various precincts, pay
ing the clerical help, print
ing the ballots, preparing the
ballot boxes, etc.
127 Register
For Special
Bond Ballot
Only 127 Franklin voters so
far have registered for the spe
cial bond election to be held
here June 25, Registrar John
H. Thomas said Wednesday.
The total number of voters
living within the corporate
limits is estimated at 600 to 700.
Since this is a special elec
tion, bond attorneys have held,
a special registration is requir
ed, and no one will be permit
ted to vote who does not regis
ter for this election.
The registration books will be
a pen through Saturday, June 15.
Mr. Thomas will have the books
at the register of deeds office
Dn the two Saturday's, and may
be found there, at his home, or
Dn the street other week days.
At the election, the voters
will decide the question of is
suance of improvement bonds
totaling $120,000 ? $70,000 for ex
tension of water mains; $20,000
for extension of sewer lines; and
$30,000 for street improvements.
These are the minimum
amounts, members of the board
of aldermen feel, required to
take care of the present growth
of the town, and growth anti
cipated in the near, future.
Social security
Benefits Totaling $605
Being Paid 57 Here
Fifty-seven persons in Macon
County- are receiving a total of
$905.01 per month under the
old-age and survivors insurance
provisions of the social secur
ity act, it has been announced
by D. W. Lambert, manager of
the Ashevllle office of the So
cial Security board.
A total of $246.18 monthly is
being divided between 18 re
tired workers (65 years or old
er); six wives of retired work
ers, 65 years or more, are re
ceiving a total of $42.59; $82.64
is being divided between seven
widows having children under
18; and 26 children under 16
are being paid a total of $233.60.
The total amount being dis
tributed monthly In the area
served by the Ashevllle office
of the board li $47,168:39.
Mim Walker T o Direct
Baptist Church Choir
Miss Dorothy Walker, of El
kin, has been employed as choir
director of the Franklin Bap
tist church for the summer
Months, and will take up her
duties June is, It Wfts announc
ed this Week.
DEATH CLAIMS
C. LJLAINEi
Rites Held At Fatton <
Chapel For County
Commissicner i
Charlie L. Blaine, member of \
the Macon County board of ]
commissioners for the past 12
years, died at his home in the
Patton settlement last Satur- ,
day night at 8:45 o'clock. Mr.
Blaine, who had suffered a
stroke on Thursday, was 75
years old.
A farmer who had spent his
entire life in this county, he
was widely known and respect
ed, arid was affectionately !
known to hundreds of friends 1
as "Uncle Charlie". <
Due to failing health, he did 1
not stand for renomination in 1
last month's Democratic pri- 1
mary. I
He and Mrs. Blaine, the for
mer Miss Hattie Sanders, re- 1
cently celebrated their golden 1
wedding anniversary.
Funeral services were held '
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock ;
at the Patton Chapel Methodist 1
church, which he served many 1
years as a member of its board 1
of stewards and as Sunday
school superintendent. Inter- '
ment was in the church ceme- 1
tery. j <
The services were conducted '
by the Rev. V. N. Allen, pastor, ] :
assisted by the Rev. W. Jackson 2
Huneycutt, of the Franklin j '
Methodist church, and the Rev. t '
J. C. Swaim, of Reidsville, a 1
former Patton Chapel pastor. 1
Pallbearers, all grandsons, | 1
were Ray Moffitt, Charles Thad 1
Blaine, C. L. Hughes, Thurman
Blaine, Gilmer, Hughes, Arthur 1
Blaine, Jr., Harry Hughes and '
George Blaine.
Granddaughters and mem- '
bers of the Sunday school class 1
were flower bearers. | '
The survivors, in addition to '
his widow, are four sons, Ar- , '
thur Blaine, of Otto, Earl, of 1
Franklin, Route 1, Harry, of J
Dillard, Ga., Ted, of Franklin; '
three daughters, Mrs. Mack 1
Moffitt, of Franklin, Mrs. Frank
Hughes, of Asheville. and Mrs.
Alex Cabe, of Otto; three broth
ers, Lawrence, Jeff, and Phil i
Blaine, all of Franklin; five
sisters, Mrs. Zeb V. Shope, of
Prentiss, Mrs. Mell Long, of
Franklin, Mrs. Bud Ledford, of
Franklin, Route 1, Mrs. John 1
Moffitt, of Hendersonville, and :
Mrs. John McClure, of Char- 1
lotte; and 33 grandchildren and 1
eight great-grandchildi'en.
Funeral arrangements were
under the direction of Potts
funeral home.
Announce Official
Vote Totals in 3
District Contests
The official totals In the
twelfth district race for con
gress, the twentieth district
contest for solicitor, and the
thirty-third district race for
state senator were announced
this week In Raleigh by the
state board of elections.
The official vote stood:
For congress: Redden, 27,573;
Weaver, 18,808. Tor solicitor.
Moors, 9,544; Francis, 8,288; Bry
son, 8,878. For stats senator;
Jones, 4,906; Penland, 8,481.
$80 DONATED
TO FUND FOR
FOOD RELIEF
People In County Askjd
To Contribute Money
Instead Ot Food i|
More than $80 has been do
nated in Macon County so far
to the Emergency Food Collec
tion on behalf of UNRRA, to
provide for the -starving- over
seas.
The figure was made public
by J. Ward Long, local treas
urer of the campaign, which
is headed in this county by the
Rev. A. Rufus Morgan.
Among organizations making
gifts were the Mt. Zion Sunday
school and the county council
of home demonstration clubs.
The campaign is only now
getting under way, and Mr
Morgan has expressed the hope
that contributions ? made in the
consciousness that hundreds oi
thousands must die unles re
life is provided ? to this cause
will be made in the same gen
erous manner that Macon Coun
ty people have responded to
other calls.
: Persons are requested to give
money instead of the canned
food itself. Prior, however, to
that's being made clear, home
demonstration clubs in this
county bought and sent to the
collection headquarters in New
York a total of 243 tih cans of
meats, fruit, and vegetables.
Contributions should be sent
to Mr. Long at the Nantahala
Power and Light company.
B
E. A. Dowdle
Is Dead After
Long Illness
E. A. (Zekei Dowdle, 45, well !
mown Franklin business man, e
lied at the Angel hospital Wed- \
lesday at 6:30 p. m. In bad o
lealth for about two years, he ft
lad been seriously ill for the
5ast six months.
A native of Macon County, j
Mr. Dowdle was a son of the
ate Charlie W. Dowdle and Mrs. B
[da Patton Dowdle. For a num
jer of years, he had operated J
i grocery store near the Frank
in depot, but, due to his health, I
le sold the business about six |
nonths ago.
Mr. Dowdle was a member of |
he Union Methodist church and ,
aad served as a steward in the |
:hurch for a number of years.
Funeral services will be held
it that church Friday morning
it 11 o'clock. The Rev. V. N.
Mien, pastor, will officiate, as
sisted by the Rev. W. Jackson |
Huneycutt, pastor of the Frank
in Methodist church. Interment I
will follow in the church ceme- |
;ery.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Miss Laura Belle Press
ley; two children, Erwin
Patton Dowdle, of Franklin, and
Mrs. Jack Burney, of Toccoa,
3a; two brothers, M. L. Dowdle,
ind Thad O. Dowdle; and three
sisters, Mrs. Pearl Hunter, Mrs.
Roy G. Beshears, and Mrs. E.
W. Long, all of Franklin.
Bryant funeral directors are
in charge of funeral arrange
ments.
Tipton
p
Here As Engineer For c
0
Nantahala Forest
J. E. Tipton, formerly with
the Cherokee National forest,
stationed at Elizabethton, Tenn.,
has reported to headquarters
here of the Nantahala forest
to assume his new duties as
forest engineer.
That post carries with It re
sponsibility for construction and
maintenance work on all im
provements in the forest. This
is the first time the Nantahala
has had a forest engineer on
duty since before the war.
Mr. Tipton, whose home is
Erwln, Tenn., plans to bring
his wife and two children to
Franklin as soon as he can find
housing accommodations.
Mmi From Van Raalte
Firm Viaita Franklin
J. W. Crawford, a raprasen
tativa ot tha Van Raalta com
pany, waa In Franklin Tuesday
in connection with plana ot tha
company to build a textile plant
in laat Franklin.
Tom Bryson Won't
Call Seccnd Vote
In Sheriff's Rac:
There will be no second
Democratic primary election
n Macon County.
C. Tom Bryson, who polled
the second highest number of
votes amsnj the five who
<ought the party's nomina
tion for sherilf in the May 25
balloting, has announced that
,he would not ask for a sec- |
ond primary. R. A. (Bob)
Patton, second high man in
the three-way race for repre
sentative, previously had
stated that he would not call
a second primary.
"I've called 'Shine' (L. B.) j
Phillips and told him the i
nomination was his", Mr.
Bryson said Wednesday. | ]
JOHN ff. ROANE
PUT ON BOARD
)emocratic Nominee To
Fill Unexpired Term
Of Blaine
John W. Roane, prominent
isntoogechaye farmer, Monday
fas chosen as a member of the
oard of county commissioners. !
o fill the unexpired term of
Jharlie L. Blaine, who died last
aturday.
He was elected by the other
wo commissioners ? Chairman '
V. E. (Gene) Baldwin and W.
V. Edwards ? at the board's
lonthly meeting Monday morn
ig
Mr. Roane is the Democratic
ominee for a member of the
oard in this fall's general elec
ion, having been chosen in the
lay 25 primary. Mr. Blaine did
ot stand for renomination, r
nd, in the primary vote, Mr.
toane was nominated over W.
:. Sheffield, the other candi
ate seeking to succeed Mr.
Ilaine.
The term to which he was , (
lected Monday expires the first j
londay in December, the date r
n which the board elected this .
all will take office.
Vacation ;
>ible Schools Under Way 1
Or Planned I
Vacation Bible schools have 1 i
een in progress this week at I
tie Franklin Methodist church j
nd at Sloan's chapel in East (
'ranklin, and the Baptist ' v
hurch here will open its school t
ext Tuesday. J t
The Methodist school, which t
egan Monday and will close 1
'riday of next week, has an en- j 1
ollment of about 60 children.
Sessions are held Monday j
hrough Friday, 9 to 11:30 a. m. I
'wo religious films will be shown f
ometime during the two weeks, '
nd a picnic will be held on the '
losing day.
The pastor, the Rev. W. Jack- 1
on Huneycutt, is the director. 1
'he teachers are Mrs. Roy Cun
lingham, Mrs. Louise Manning,
liss Frances Furr, Mrs. Fred
Lrnold, Mrs. Henry Christy, Mrs. i
,ee Guffey, Miss Carolyn Long, ]
iiss Katheryn Long, Miss Caro- i
yn Leach, Mrs. W. Jackson ]
luneycutt, Mrs. R. F. Hemphill, <
4iss Barbara Conley, and Miss i
)orothy Conley.
The Rev. and Mrs. R E. Hull
re directing the Sloan's chapel
chool. The pupils will give a
irogram for the public at the !
hapel Sunday afternoon at 3
'clock.
The Baptist school, to open '
Tuesday and continue through 1
une 21, will hold sessions from j
to 12 each morning. Direct
ng the school, which will be
ipen to children from two to
7, will be the Rev. Charles E.
?arker, pastor; Mrs. Parker, j
>rincipal; Miss Charlotte Con
ey, secretary; Miss Louise Car
>enter, pianist; Mrs. Ada Brown,
:uperintendent of nursery; Mrs.
'relo Dryman, beginners de
lartment; Mrs. Elsie W. Franks,
jrimary; Mrs. Herbert A. Mc
jHamery, juniors; Mrs. Earl E.
Ward, Junior from 11 to 12
rears; and Mrs. Paul Klnsland,
ntermedlates.
A preparatory session will be
leld Saturday afternoon at 2
j'clock at the church.
WILL CLEAN CEMETERY
Persons having relatives or
friends buried In the Union
Methodist church cemetery are
ssked to gather there Tuesday,
7un? 11, bring tools, and be
prepared to spend the day
cleaning the cemetery.
FOREST HEADS
HOLD TWO-DAY
MEETING HERE
Conference Brings Three
F o r m e r Nantahala
Men To Franklin
A national forest allotment
conference here Monday and
Tuesday brought the regional
forester and the supervisors of
three national forests, along
with other officials, to Frank
lln.
Among those attending were
three former supervisors of the
Nantahala forest, which has its
headquarters here. The three
ire J. Herbert Stone, now reg
ional forester, with headquar
ters in Atlanta; W. R. Paddock,
now supervisor of the Cherokee
forest, with headquarters in
Cleveland, Tenn.; and Charles
Melichar, now assistant to the
issistant regional forester in
:harge of timber management,
vith headquarters in Atlanta.
Others attending the two-day
meeting included E. W. Ren
ihaw. supervisor of the Nanta
lala forest; Carl Krueger, su
jervisofr of the Pisgah Forest,
vith headquarters in Asheville;
tnd J. F. Brooks and Rein
'idgeon, assistant regional for
rsters, both of Atlanta.
The purpose of the conference
vas to discuss the needs of the
,hree forests for the next fis
:al year, with a view to making
equitable allotments of funds
nade available by congress.
Mr. Pidgeon, regional forest
engineer, remained in Franklin
o spend a few days looking
>ver engineering problems in
he Nantahala forest.
iroup To Attend
Eastern Star Meet
At EJizabeth City
Several members of Nequassa
Chapter No. 43, Order of the
Eastern Star, will attend the
neeting of the Grand Chapter
>f the Order at Elizabeth City
(une 9-12. They will leave
?"ranklin Saturday morning, and
iome of them will spend the
entire following week in Eliza
>eth City and at the coast.
Those planning to attend are
rfrs. Catherine F. Henry, Mrs.
rene Bryson, Mrs. Blanche Par
ish, Mrs. Pearl Corbin, Mrs.
Eunice Hill Church, Mrs. Jose
>hine Long. Mrs. Frances Mc
31amery and B. L. McQlamery,
vorthy matron and worthy pa
ron, respectively, of the chap
?er, and James L. Hauser, dis
trict deputy grand patron.
EPISCOPAL SERVICE
FOR SUNDAY CANCELED
Since the Rev. A. Rufus Mor
jan, pastor of St. Agnes Epis
:opal church, will be attending
;he meeting at Sewanee, Tenn.,
.his week-end, the 11 o'clock
service at the church has been
;anceled.
SEEK TONY FRANKS
The local draft board is seek
ng to get in touch with Tony
Franks, whose address when he
?egistered was given as West's
Kill. Anyone knowing his pres
ent whereabouts is asked to
notify the board.
RETURNS TO DUTY
Pvt. Harold Bradley, who has
spent the past two months here
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bradley, following his
discharge from the marine
:orps, has reenlisted, and has
gone to Bremerton, Wash.,
where he will be stationed.
The Mountain Eagle Masonic
lodge will hold its annual St.
John's day celebration at the
Chapel (Negro) school Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carpen
ter, of Kokomo, Ind., spent the
past week-end with Mr. Car
penter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Carpenter, at their home
on Harrison avenue.
Lon Campbell, who w-\s taV-en
to the Angel hospital Saturday
for treatment, was report a
Thursday morning to be im
proved.
The Weather
High
Saturday - 74
Sunday 78
Monday 78
Tuesday 72
Wednesday 74
Low
57
84
62
57
17
Prec.
.33
.16
.00
.03
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