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VOL. LXI? NO. 24
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1946
*2.W PIK YEA*
ARROWOOD.NOW
OPEN. HAS BEEN
MUCH IMPROVED
Work Marks Beginning
Of Rehabilitation
Of Play Areas
Marking the start of post-war
rehabilitation of National for
est recreation areas, many im
provements have just been com
pleted at Arrowood Glade, which
is now open for the season.
The Glade, Nantahala Nation
al forest recreation unit, is sit
uated at the foot of Wayah
Bald.
The pool has been enlarged,
a new sand beach has been
put in, and a new diving plat
form installed,. J. Clinton John
son, Forest service landscape
architect in charge of recrea
tion in the Appalachian area,
said.
In addition, the mud has been
scraped from the bottom of the
pool, Mr. Johnson said, and
four new concrete-and-stone
tables have been built in the
picnic area, bringing to a doz
en the number of tables avail
able. A new bridge also has
been built, and the entire area
lias been cleaned up.
As in recent years, lack of
funds make it impossible to keep
lifeguards at the pool, and while
ihe general public is invited to
use the area, Mr. Johnson point
ed ouf that persons swim at their
own risk. Red and white signs
on the beach point out that no
lifeguards are stationed at the
spot.
Rehabilitation of other recre
ation units in the forest will fol
low, Mr. Johnson said, with the
next project planned being work
?n the Vanhook area, at Cliff
aide, on the Franklin-Highlands
road. . '
I'Acrgan Represents This
L)iocese At Sewanee Meet
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, of
Franklin, represented the dio
cese of Western North Carolina
at a meeting of the board of
trustees of the University of the
South at Sewanee June 7.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
( Lofkin; backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Dr. S. H. Lyle's horse, while
standing hitched to a post in
front of the Press office Thurs
day evening, took fright to
Porter's reaper passing the
street ,and broke loose and up
set and, smashed the buggy at
tached to him.
Indigo blue calico, first grade
10 yards for $1.00. Guaranteed
not to fade. Calico in 10 yard
pieces, guaranteed colors, 50c
per piece. E. K. Cunningham.
It will be borne in mind that
the Allman house Is still open,
dispensing to weary and hungry,
rest and food, that never fall
to give real comfort and pleas
ure, call whenever you will.
25 YEARS AGO
Judge Willis killed a ground
hog last Wednesday afternoon
with a stick on the veranda of
the annex of the Franklin Ter
?ace.
The Round Dozen Sewing club
was reassembled and entertain
ed by Mrs. M. D. Billings last
Friday afternoon. The hostess,
in her characteristic way, served
delicious refreshments.
On Tuesday evening from 9
to 11 the faculty and students
of the Effa Ellis Perfleld Sum
mer school were beautifully en
tertained at the hospitable home
of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Johnston
The members of the McDowell
Music club were the hostesses at
this delightful occasion.
10 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Olenn Ray entertained at
a quilting party at her new
home near the Iotla bridge
Thursday of last week, her
birthday anniversary. A lovely
quilt was made and everybody
had a delightful time.
Marked by beauty and dignity
was the marriage of Miss Pearl
Elizabeth Blaine to Mr. Harley
Dunbar, both of Franklin, whlelp
was quietly solemnized on June
5. at the First Methodist church
In Wayne?vllle.
Wayah Flow ers
To Be At Be?t
June 17 To 25
The flowers on Waya,h Bald
will be at the height of their
beauty between June 1? and
lune 25, J. Clinton Johnmn,
U. S. Forest service landscape
architect, stationed here, said
this week.
The laurel and azalea al
ready are blooming on the
lower slopes of the mountain,
he said, and the peak should
be covered with bloom by
next Monday.
The rhododendron on Crag
gy Gardens, near Asheville, is
at its best now, he added.
MOTOR FREIGHT
SERVICE SOUGHT
Hearing On Blue Ridge
Firm's Application
Set Far Tuesday
The question of giving the
Blue Ridge Trucking company,
of Asheville, franchise rights
to operate motor freight lines
through Franklin will be placed
before the State Utilities com
mission in Asheville next Tues
day.
The hearing is set for 10 a.
m. at the Langren hotel.
T. W. Angel, Jr., in his cap
acities as mayor and president
of the Franklin chamber of
commerce, will attend the hear
ing to urge the commision to
grant the franchise, and it is
understood that a number of
other business men here also
plan to be present.
Allen B. Ray, traffic mana
ger of the Blue Ridge concern,
was in Franklin Wednesday in
connection with the approach
ing hearing, and was told by a
number of firms here that the
service is badly needed, and
was assured of their support.
The petition to the com
mision seeks the right to haul
freight from Asheville to Sylva,
from Sylvia to Bryson City,
from Sylva to Franklin, and
from Bryson City to Franklin.
Summer
Arrives Here With Kush,
But Nights Stay Cool
( Summer weather arrived here
this week, with the mercury hit
ting 90 degrees ? an unusual
high for this region ? last Sun
day, and rising into the high
eighties Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The summer temperatures
came rather' suddenly and the
contrast with the weather of
a week ago made the heat more
noticeable.
Only Wednesday of last week,
the early morning temperature
was only five degrees above
freezing, and light frost was re
ported in some areas, while the
following day the low reading
was only 39. ,
The nights, however, continue
cool, as usual, the mercury hav
ing dropped to 58 degrees on the
warmest night so far this sea
son.
Asheville 'Weather Man'
Here To See Forest Heads
Frank C. Hood, official in
charge of the U. S. Weather bu
reau in Asheville. was here this
week for conferences with of
ficials of the Nantahala Nation
al forest with reference to the
fire weather service provided by
the Asheville bureau during the
forest fire season, which usual
ly extends from February 15 to
May 15 and from October 15 to
December 15.
Fire weather information is
given forest headquarters here
by telephone dally during the
fire season.
Similar data also Is provided
by the Asheville buraau to na
tional and state forest services
in the remainder of North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Virginia,
West Virginia, and parts of
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oeor
gia.
Republican* To Hold
Meeting Saturday At 3
The Macon County Republi
can executive committee will
meet at 3 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, June IS, to reorga
nize and transact other business,
It was announced this week by
A. R. Higdon, committee chair
man. All members of the party
1 are Invited to attend, he said.
i Granite Is the hardest, most
durable stone.
NEARLY $1,000
IS RAISED FOR
WORK OF C. OF C.
94 Macon Firms, Persons,
12 From Outside, Take
1946 Memberships
The Franklin Chamber of
Commerce 1946-37 membership
fund this week was within strik
ing distance of the $l,000-mark.
Additional memberships have
boosted the total raised for the
organization's work to $974,
Frank B. Duncan, membership
committee chairman, announc
ed. The figure two weeks ago
stood at $734.
At that time, 72 local firms
and individuals, and six from
outside the county, had taken
memberships. Since then 22 loc
al and six more out-of-county
firms and individuals have be-*
come members.
Pointing out that $1,250 to
$1,500 is needed adequately to
finance the chamber's activities,
Mr. Duncan asked those who
have been approached, but who
postponed joining, as well those !
who may not have been solicit
ed, to see him or President T.
W. Angel, Jr., or to stop at the
chamber's booth on Main street
and join.
An additional nsi 01 new
members was made public this !
week, and it was pointed out
that a final supplementary list
will be published later.
Those who became members
during the past fortnight are: '
Zickgraf Hardwood company,
Charles Morton, Wayne Faulk- |
ner, Mrs. R. G. Beshears, Miss
Amy Harrison, Gene Pannell,
Fred D. Cabe, H. H. Gnuse, L. 1
W. Manning, Miss Annie Lou
Huscusson. Miss Helen Rickman.
Miss Dorothy Jones, Kelly's Inn
and Tea Room, H. H. Plem
mons, E. L. Hyde, W. C. Penn, C.
H. Aspinwall. Claude Bolton, '
John Archer, Mrs. Lena Arnold,
James G. McCollum, and Nan
tahala Power and Light com
pany, all of Macon County, and
the following from outside the
county: Morgan Bros., of Ashe
ville; Gennett . Lumber com
pany, Asheville ; A. & P. Tea |
company, Charlotte; Nehi Bot- |
tling company, Bryson City; i :
Sylvia Laundry, Sylva; and
Champion Paper and Fibre com
pany, Canton. I
H. A. Smith,
84, Dies At
Coweta Home
Funeral. services for Hezikiah
Alexander Smith. 84. who died
June 8. were held on Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Asbury Methodist church at |
Otto, with the Rev. Charles E.
Parker, pastor of the Franklin
Baptist church, officiating in
the absence of the pastor, the
Rev. V. N. Allen. Interment fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
Mr. Smith, a native of Rabun
County, Georgia, had lived in
the Smith Bridge township for
the past 41 years. A farmer, he
was a son of the late Jacob and
Martha Smith. He married Miss
Eruelline Allen, who survives.
He was a member of the As
bury Methodist church.
Mr. Smith died at ? his home
in the Coweta community on
Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock,
following an illness of one week.
The " pallbearers were Jim
Henson, Frank Norton, Lyle
Jacobs, Bill Henson, Howard
Bradley and Frank Curtis.
Surviving, in addition to his
widow, are one son, Bill Smith,
of Tuscon, Ariz.; two sisters,
Mrs. Rachel Coleman, of Penn
sylvania, and Mrs. Callle Tur
pln, of Tiger, Ga.; and a num
ber of nieces and nephews.
Potts funeral home was In
charge of arrangements.
Highlands Briar Head
Ln Town For Few Days
M. Monderer, of New York,
arrived heere Monday ' on a
business trip ln connection
with operation of the plant
of Highlands Briar, Inc., of
which he is president. He
was accompanied by his family.
It is understood they will be
here until sometime next week.
Lon Campbell, who has been
under treatment at the Angel
hospital, has recovered suffi
ciently to return to hU home,
Franklin, Route 9.
Van Raalte To Start Picking
Glove Operators Next Week;
Production Scheduled In July
STUDENTS HOME
FOR VACATION
Scores Of Macon Ycuths
Arrive F rom College
To Spend Summer
Scores of Macon County boys
and girls who are attending va
rious colleges and universities
have returned home during the
past week or 10 days to spend
the summer vacation with par- i
ents and relatives.
Among those home for the
summer are:
Clyde Drake, Cecil Tallent, and j
William R. Ramsey, and Miss
Emma Lou Hui'st and Jeanette
Harrison, all from Mars Hill i
college. Mars Hill; Misses Zena
Pearl Rickman and Betty Sue
rilson, James Stockton, and
lohn Bradley, Brevard college,
Brevard; Miss Merrily Brooks.
Stephen's Junior college, Colum
bia, Mo.
Miss Anne Flanagan, Winth
rop college. Spartanburg, S. C..
Misses Carolyn Long, Margie
Blumenthal, Betty Jane Wal
iroop, Frances Furr, Louise
Pendergrass, Myra Slagle, Mar- !
jaret Corbin and Virginia Bur
nette, Woman's college of the
University of North Carolina,
Qreensboro; Miss Elizabeth
Wasilik, New Rochelle college,
New Rochelle, N. Y.
Miss Barbara Stockton, Bre
lau college, Gainesville, Ga.;
Miss Ann Ray, University of
rennessee, Knoxville; Miss Ma
rion Moody, Alabama Polytech
nic institute. Auburn, Ala.; Miss
Betty Horsley, Wake Forest col
lege, Wake Forest; Rufus Pan
lell, University of North Caro
lina, Chapel Hill.
Misses Margaret Moore, Cath
erine Meadows, Hazel Morgan,
Mary Raby. Jesse Ruth Stewart.
Evelyn Norton, Louise Carpen
ter, Maxine Wright and Nancy
Potts and Jack Carpenter, Ed
?ar Carpenter, Jr., Don Cabe.
uid J. C. Cunningham, West
;rn Carolina Teachers college,
jullowhee; and Miss Mildred
Re id, Merideth college, Raleigh.
Tippets
Here For First Visit
In 39 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie M. Tip- |
pett, of Oklahoma City, Okla., j
spent the latter part of last
week in Franklin with Mr. Tip- ;
pett's brother, W. T. Tippett.
uid other relatives and friends.
They also visited Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Deweese at Briartown be
Eore reaching Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. Tippett, who
were en route to New River to
visit a son, Cpl. Harold W. Tip
pett, and another son, Chief
Petty Officer Eugene L. Tippett,
it Yorktown, Va., will return to
Dklahoma by way of Washing
ton, D. C? Philadelphia, Niagara
Falls, Canada, and Great Lakes,
[11., making a tour of about six
weeks.
Mr. Tippett, a former resident
it the Burningtown section of
Macon County, left here about
39 years ago and this was his
first visit back. He is a son of
the late Rev. Jim Tippett, and
has a number of relatives
throughout the county.
Roy Mashburn
Complets New
Service Station
Roy Mashburn has just com
pleted his new service station
near the depot, and will open
for business Saturday, he an
nounced this week. The new
building, constructed of brick
and tile, is 30 by 72 feet.
Mr. Mashburn was a member
of the former automobile firm
of Engllsh-Mashburn Motors.
5 Bus-Loads Of Students
Here En Route To Homes
Five bus-loads of young peo
ple stopped briefly in Franklin
Wednesday night. The group
had been to Ridgecrest to at
tend the 8outh-wlde assembly
of Baptist students, and were
en route back to their homes in
Alabama.
The Weather
High Low Prec.
Thursday 82 39 ?
Friday 84 48
Saturday 87 51
Sunday 90 54 .18
Monday 88 56
Tuesday 85 57
Wednesday 88 58 .01
Rainfall this month, to date,
.71 of an Inch.
Macon People
Donate $162
To Food Fund
The total cpntributed in this
county to the Emergency Food
Collection on behalf of UNRRA
this week was more than double
the amount reported a week ago.
The total now stands at $162.
73, as compared with $80 this
time last week, J. Ward Long,
local treasurer, reported.
Considering, however, that the
funds are being collected to pro
vide food for thousands overseas
who literally are starving, it is
believed that many more sub
stantial contributions will be
made within the next few days.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan,
local chairman, has pointed out |
that all donations, regardless |
of size, are welcomed.
Donors to date were listed by j
Mr. Long as follows:
J. L. Graham, of Highlands,
Franklin Lions club, Mrs. J. E.
Perry, Miss Margaret Sidney, of
Highlands, Miss Daisy Cadlwell,
the Mount Zion Sunday school,
and the County Council of
Home Demonstrations clubs.
Saturday
Last Day To Register
For Bond Election
Saturday is the final day on
which Franklin persons may
register to vote in the special
election June 25 on the issuance
of $120,000 town bonds for water
main and sewer line extensions
and street improvements.
To date, approximately 40fc>
have registered, John H. Thom
as, registrar, said Thursday.
For the bond election, a spe
cial registration was ordered
and only those persons who reg
ister for this election ? even
if they already are registered
for general elections ? will be
eligible to vote. And in the elec
tion, a majority of those regis
tered must ballot in favor of the
bonds, if they are to be author
ized.
Bryscns Are Here
For First Visit
Home In 35 Yetrs
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Bry
son, of Sedro Woolley, Wash.,
arrived in Franklin Thursday of
last week for a three-week visit
with Mr. Bryson's mother, Mrs.
J. T. Bryson, at Cullasaja, and
other relatives and friends of
that community.
This is the first time Mr. and
Mrs. Bryson have paid their na
tive county and state a visit in
more than 35 years. Mrs. Bryson,
also a native of this county, is
a sister of John H. Thomas,
with whom she will visit while
here.
Plan Revival Services
At Wesley an> Methodist
A series of meetings will be
held at the Wesleyan Methodist
church, on Buck Creek, from
June 18 through June 30, it has
been announced. The evangelist
will be the Rev. M. R. Harvey,
of High Point. A chalk artist.
Mr. Harvey will illustrate hif
talks with drawings. Special
music is planned. Two services
will be held daily, at 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
R.E. (Tony) Welch, who is ser
iously ill at the Veterans hos
pital, Oteen, still remains in a
critical condition, relatives here
have learned.
The condition of R. L. Bry
son. Sr., who has been critically
111 at his home on Iotla street,
remained unchanged Thursday
at noon.
Aptitude Tests Planned;
Appointments To Be
Made By Letter
Selection, of 20 to 25 women
operators for the Van Raalte
company's glove-sewing opera
tion in the Leach building here
will begin next week, and ac
tual production of gloves is
scheduled for sometime in July,
it was announced this week.
The announcement was made
by E. Walter Maebert, who will
be the manager. T. J. Griffis,
will administer the selection
procedures.
The Van Raalte company, na
tionally known manulacturers
of gloves, underwear, and Nylon
hose, announced four weeks ago
that it will build a textile plant,
expected to employ about 30 or
35 men and 65 or 70 women,
in East Franklin as soon as
building materials are available.
That announcement added that
the glove-sewing operation in
the Leach building would get
under way in the meantime.
Announcement of plans for
a similiar mill and a glove op
eration in Bryson City were
made a week later.
The company leased the se
cond floor of the Leach build
ing several months ago for the
glove project, and sewing mach
ines for the work already are
on hand.
Plan Aptitude Tests
The selections of operators for
glove-sewing, Mr. Maebert said,
will be based primarily on the
use of a number of tests de
signed to determine the appli
cant's apptltude for this type
of work, and also to indicate
for which of the eight or more
operations in glove-making the
person is best suited.
"It is the desire of the com
pany to attempt to place each
person _on the work which best
suits the individual's ability",
he explained. "We feel that in
so doing the highest point of
mutual satisfaction and progress
is reached.
Impvov ZU TO Z5
The ttemporary location in
the Leach building, he continu
ed, will employ between 20 and
25 women on sewing machines,
as well as on hand work, and
production will be begun some
time in July. With the ex
ception of a machinist, no men
will be hired until the firm's
mill is erected and ready for
operation.
Due to the impossibility of
applying the aptitude tests to
more than one applicant at a
time, Mr. Maebert said, letters
will be written to various per
sons who signed the company
survey conducted here Last fall,
in which the person notified
will be requested to make an
appointment to see Mr. Oriffis.
Applications Welcomed
Those persons who did not
sign the survey, as well as those
who did sign it and do not
eventually receive a letter, are
welcome to fill out application
blanks. Applications also will
be welcomed from men who de
sire work when the new mill
is erected and ready to start
operation. In employing men
however, preference will be
given to Macon County veterans,
he emphasized.
I reorder to avoid any possible
confusion, Mr. Maebert explain
ed, the time and place to ob
tain and fill out application
blanks will be announced short
ly.
Franklin Grill, New
Eating Place, Now
Open For Business
The Franklin Grill, new eat
ing establishment, situated at
the Intersection of the Ashevllle
and Highlands highways, just
east of the Little Tennessee riv
er bridge here, has been open
ed under the management of
George Tessier.
In addition to the food serv
ice, provision has been made
for dancing In the evenings.
The Interior of the building
has been redecorated, and mod
ern equipment has been install
ed In the dining room and
kitchen. The Orlll can seat 36.
It remains open dally until
midnight.