Newspapers / The Franklin Press and … / June 13, 1946, edition 1 / Page 8
Part of The Franklin Press and the Highlands Maconian (Franklin, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
WANT ADS MACK SAYS: For this week only, he will give in to his wife. Ellen. ELLEN SAYS: You furnish the cloth, We furnish the rest. Buckles and buttons To match your dress. FRANKS RADIO & ELEC. CO. Basement McCoy Bldg. Franklin. N. C. MEN WANTED ? To cut and peel hemlock by contract. Good camps, good board and good pay. ? Cliff Dockery, Highlands, N C. M2 ? 8tp ? J20 CilNSENG wanted. $2.50 per pound green. $8 per pound dry. R S. Cowan, Greens Creek, N. C. M9 8tc ? J27 ATTENTION TRUCKERS ? Jubi lee, Hiley Belle, and Elberta peaches. Orchard run. Large size. Ready June 15 through July. R. L. Gray, Phone 3161 or 538, Laurens, S. C. M16? 5tc? J 13 WANTED ? Will pay top prices for Irish potatoes, wheat, corn, honey, middling meat, shoulders, and hams. Ray Groc. & Feed Co. M30? 3tc? J13 WANTED ? To buy good clean rags. Stewart's Esso Service Station. M30 ? 3tc ? J 1 3 JACK? For service for remain der of season at John Woot en's barn, near Cartoogechaye bridge. Fee, $8; $2 down. J6 ? 2tp ? J13 WANTED TO BUY ? Country hams, side meat, shoulders, honey, corn, syrup, old Irish potatoes. Dryman Feed and Grocery. J 6 ? -2tc? J 13 YOUNG TEAM of horses for sale. Strawberry roans, weigh about 2^200. Team and harness, $350. C. H. Carpenter, East Franklin. J6 ? 2tp ? J13 FARM FOR SALE? 275 acres. Plenty of goad timberland. Water on the place. This prop erty is the B, H. Carpenter farm, situated on Coweeta, three miles from Otto. It is within 34 mile of a good grav eled road. For further informa tion, see W. Roy Carpenter, Franklin, N. C. J6 ? 3tp ? J20 F0R SALE ? Second hand cook stove, with or without 30-gallon water tank. Call at Press Office. WANTED ? Used car motor suit able for power unit for wood saw. Ford Mann, at Press office. FOR SALE ? 50 acre farm. Rea sonable price. See Mrs. Harry Roland or Jones & Jones. J 13 ? tfc G. S. Stimlcvant Tunes Pianos Phone 79, Franklin J13? 2tp ? J20 LOST ? Rat Terrier, black and white. "Spottie" on collar, Child's pet. Reward. Return to Mack G. Thompson, near air port. FOR SALE ? South Bend lathe 10-in. swing, 8 foot bed, one small steel lathe, new 20 h. p. gas motor, water wheel, saw and shaft, anvil, pipe dies, chain pipe wrenches, cutting and welding torch, paint gun, electric drill, one 2 cell Denver Jig, one Pan-American diaphram jig, 6 inch pipe, rotary screws, concentrating table, 20 foot ele vator tower, pumps, pulleys. M. Higdon, south end airport. FOR SALE ? Seed beans, Tend ergreens and Giant Stringless, $17.00 per 100 pounds. Also High kind Specials. ? Ray Groc. & Feed Company. J 13 ? 2tc ? J20 ALL WOOL army blankets, years of service, $5.95. Belk's Base ment. J13? ltc B. F. GOODRICH 'Koroseal" garden hose. Does not crack, peel or rot, 50 ft. lengths, $8.95. Belle's Basement. J13 ? ltc TEAM OF HORSES, harness, and wagon for sale, $350. Jess Henson, Prentiss, N. C. FOR SALE? Old home site and about acre of land. Cashiers Valley, near High Hampton Inn. Can be made into beautiful mountain home. Contact Robert H. Cooke, Shelby, N. C., Tele phone 1000. J13 ? 3tc ? J27 FOR SALE ? About l'/S acres of land, good boxed house, known as Bill Hurley house on Ben Lenoir place about four miles from Franklin on Highway 64. Reasonable. Contact F. T. Seay, Box 66, Bryson City, N. C. J 13 ? 2tp ? J20 I DON'T bootleg, and break the laws; make an honest living, filing saws. Your patronage ap preciated. Oeorge Johnson. OUR DEMOCRACY byR.y | Pioneer in Literature James Fenlmore Cooper 1780 ? 1851 WHEN COOPER STARTED WRmN6, THE PUBLIC BPLliVEDTHAT ONLY LITERATURE FROM ABROAD WAS WORTH READING- DETERMINED TO DISPEL. THI3 PRE JUOICE, HE OARED TT> WRITE OF AMERICA AND AMERICANS. PIONEERING IN THB DEVELOPMENT OF THE LITERATURE OF OUR OEMOCRACy. 4th Grader Makes Monkeys Of Textbook Publishers, Exployers, School Experts WILLIMANTIC, CONN. ? Now you take geography, for in stance, a mighty interesting subject if you get right down to it. In spite of her 22 years; in spite of her teacher's certifi cate, Miss Mary Frayer is get ting right down to it, this week. Reading her Fourth Grade geo graphy book like a detective. After what happened last week, she figures she'd better. As she recalls it, last Friday was not much of a day for destiny to bow in the direction of Willi- . mantic. Pert, pretty Miss Fryer was trying to keep the Fourth Grade's .collective mind on the warm, drowsy subject of the tropics. Everyone had their book open to page 324, showing a map of the world. Johnny and Tom and Patricia and Alice, and every body else tried hard to pay at tention, but it happened to be a sunny day, the next day was Saturday, and Miss Fryer was pretty sure her words were go ing in one set of ears and out another. rne tropics weren't going 1 down very well, and, as to the Equator, that skinny line that circles around the world's fat stomach, well she figured she wasn't getting it across at all. You know. About the Equator ( line not really being there and about it never changing, aJways staying right in the middle of the globe. Miss Fryer brought in a globe and had the children file past and look at (the equator. "See," she said, "it's always in the same place." Then she got on with the lesson, telling about Jthe miles of sea, the hot, green jungle lands that lie under the Equa tor, the blazing sun that pours down and makes people sleepy, lazy, easy-going folks. The straight blond and curly brown heads out in front of her be gan to nod. Everyone jumped a bit when the bell rang ? even | Miss Fryer. Books were jammed into desks. Erasers dusted and piled in the corner in nothing flat. The ferns watered for over the week-end, and Miss Fryer was herself in three minutes con vinced that she'd have to go over that business about the equator the very first thing Monday. When nine-year-old Barbara Balkin rushed into class Mon day morning. Miss Fryer was convinced. "Teacher," Barbara shouted, "The Equator moves. It ain't always in the same place." "Isn't," the teacher said get ting a little mixed up herself. "And it is, too. Look at this globe." Barbara looked. Now look at your book." Barbara looked. "That's what I mean," she said. Miss Fryer looked. Sure enough the book had the Equator far ther up on the world's stomach than the globe. Gave it a sort of high waisted effect. Miss Fryer, teacher, sat down and stared at Barbara ^alkham, pupil. As the other students came in, the teacher checked everyone's georgraphy. Yep, the Equator was in the wrong place. Finally, Miss Fryer did the only thing she could do. Wrote to the book makers. "Gentle men," she said, "I'd like to have a man-to-man talk with you about your Equator." The letter went on to say that the book, "Exploring New Fields," had ex plored just a little too far, she thought. Well, Willimantic's Fourth Grade had quite a little cele bration Tuesday. Miss Fryer called the class to attention and read a letter from some very embarassed geography makers in Boston. It said: "We're sure you'll be delight ed to know that Barbara is, so far as we know, the only per son among hundreds of thou sands to discover our Equator isn't where it should be." Then it went on to say: "We had 18 honored explor ers .... and scores of teaching experts check the book before we published it. It's been used by hundreds of teachers since, and no one ever mentioned that little mistake." The letter ended, "We certain ly want to thank Barbara for catching this mistake and would you piease ask her if she's noticed anything else wrong." Miss Fryer says she told Bar bara to browse around. But, in the meantime, the teacher is looking too. She figures a teach er ought to know these things, first, if possible. btate Museum Curator Has Earth Worm Garden i RALEIGH. ? One of the state's most unusual forms of "agri culture" was revealed here re cently in the semi-annual change of the state's earth worm garden. Though small in size, the gar den is operated In the base ment of the state museum here by Frank H. Mecham. big, grey ing curator of zoology. "Every six months Mr. Meac ham carefully gathers his crop of fat worms and they are fed to the fish In the state aquar ium. The raising of earthworms Is quite an art. First you select the right type of soil, then keep It moUt and feed the breeding worms a mixture of one-third bacon grease and two-thirds corn meal. Worm-raising is only one of many things in which Mr. Meacham indulges. He literally restores dead fish and animals to "life" by mounting them. He admits that his job is probably the most fascinating and interesting in the capital. "I never get bored with my work", he said. "There's always something new turning up." His office, located In the rear of the state museum, is as weird and spooky as any ghost-movie setting. On the tables are doz en* of big bottle of alcohol con LEMUEL DILLS DIES J N. Y. F o r m e r Cartoc gechaye Man Lsft County In 1930 News has been received here of the death of Lemuel D. Dills, native of Macon County, at his home in Long Island, N. Y. Mr. Dills, who was born on March 10. 1876, was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dills, of the Cartoogechaye com munity. He lived on his farm in that section until he went to Long Island in 1930. He was a member of the Cartoogechaye Baptist church, and of the Jun ior Lodge there. In 1896 he was married to Miss Mary Patton, of this county, who survives. Mr. Dills died at his home in Long Island June 7, following an illness of seven years. Funeral services were held in Floral Park, Long Island, with the Rev. Donald Waif officiat ing. Interment followed in the Vmont cemetery. Surviving are his .widow; one son, Clarence Dills, of Floral Park; one daughter, Mrs. Le ona Falls, of South Gate, Calif.; 13 grandchildren; and a number of brothers and sisters. E. A. Dowdle Rites Held At UnionChurch Final rites for E. A. (Zeke) Dowdle, 45, were held on Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the Union Methodist church, with the Rev. V. N. Allen, pastor, of ficiating. assisted by the Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt, pastor of the Franklin Methodist church. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Mr. Dowdle died in the Angel hospital Wednesday evening of last week, following an illness of several months. A life-long resident of Macon county, a son of the late Char lie Dowdle and Mrs. Ida Pat ton Dowdle, Mr. Dowdle had been in the grocery business most of his adult life. He was a member of the Union Metho dist church and served as ste ward of that church for several years. The pallbearers were Sanford Mann, Bill Pressley, Thad Nich ols, Plenny Dowdle, John Blaine, and Monroe Ledford. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Laura Belle Press ley; one son, Erwin Patton Dowdle, of Franklin; one daugh ter, Mrs. Jack Burney, of Toc coa, Ga.; two brothers, Marcus L. Dowdle and Thad O. Dowdle, Franklin; and three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Hunter, Mrs. Roy G. Be shears and Mrs. E. W. Long, all of Franklin. J. W. Burnett Former Macon Resident Dies In Buncombe James Washington Burnett, 86, former postmaster at Almond, died at his home on Long Shoals, Buncombe county, Sun day, June 2, following an illness of four weeks. Funeral services were held at the Grave Gap cemetery in Swain county the Tuesday following, with the Rev. John Freeman, officiating, as sisted by the Rev. Moses Wood ard. A native of Macon county, Mr. Burnett engaged in farm ing in Swain county for several years. In 1914 he was appoint Miss Moody Arrives Home From College Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Moody, of Franklin, Route 3,andMary ville, Tenn., motored to Auburn. Ala., recently to bring home their daughter, Miss Marlon Moody, who Is a student at Ala bama Polytechnic institute. Miss Moody Is a member of Oracles, freshman honor society, and her scholastic record places her in the upper quartlle of her class, according to a letter re ceived by Mr. Moody from the college's dean of women. tainlng preserved snakes, turtles and other animals. And about the office are birds, deer and fish of all kinds. Mr. Meacham, attired In a long tan coat which he wears to protect his clothing, gets the biggest kick out of mounting fish and birds. The tiniest wild life specimen in his collection Is a baby humming bird, mea suring exactly one and three fourths inches In length. The largest is a white pelican, over five feet long. In mounting birds, he first makes an incision In the stom ach, then carefully removes all of the Interior, leaving only the skin, feathers and bones in the legs. After treating the skin and feathers with arsenic pow der to keep down decay and protect them against Insects, he next makes a structure of wire And rope fiber over which thfl skin and feathers fit. D. M. McCoy Gneiss Section Resident, Dies At Age Of 57 D. M. (Gum i McCoy, 51, died at the Angel clinic last Friday evening at 7 o'clock, where he had been a patient for about d week. He had been ill for some time prior to entering the hos pital. Born July 6, 1888. in the Gneiss section of Macon county, Mr. McCoy was a son of the late David and Mrs. Martha Early McCoy. He worked as a lumberman and on public works until the past few years, which ; he spent at Cullasaja as a farm er. Funeral services were held at the Sugarfork Baptist church on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. Oscar Nix, of Sa tolah. Ga., officiating. Inter ment followed in the church cemetery. The pallbearers were Jim Mc Call, Euell Owens, Willie McCoy, Carnegie Gregory, George Greg ory and George Cabe. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Mabel Gregory, ed postmaster at Almond, and served for 16 years. During that time he was also in the mer cantile business. In 1943 he moved to Arden. He was a mem ber of the Baptist church and of Oconee Lodge No. 427, A. F. & A. M., at Bryspn City. Mr. Burnett was married to the former Miss Mary Elizabeth Ray of this county, and they lived together to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. In addition to his widow, he is survived by seven children. Weaver Burnett, of Roanoke, Va., Charles Burnett, of Need more, Mrs. Etta Wykle, of Cand ler, Mrs. Jesse Bryson, of Three Forks, Mont., Mrs. J. O. Free man, of Lauada, and Miss Ge nevieve Burnett, of Arden; 16 j grandchildren; Iff great-grand- 1 children; one sister, Mrs. Aman da Roper, of Franklin; and one half-sister, Mrs. Pallie Harper, ! of Ottawa, 111. Births Mr. and Mrs. Theron Home announce the birth of a son ?n May 23, in St. Leo's hospital, Greensboro. Mr. Home is the son of Fred Home, and Mrs. Home, the former Miss Phoebe Stanfield, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stanfield, of Franklin. A daughter, Wanda Sue, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Prichett, of Kirkland, Wash., May 21, friends here have learned. Mrs. Prichett is the former Miss Edna Bradley, of Macon County. 71 Were Enrolled In Sloan's Chapel Vacation School A successful daily vacation Bible school was concluded with a program at Sloan's Union chapel last Sunday afternoon., Seventy-one children were en rolled and 39 qualified for the certificate award. R. L. Cunningham earned a special award far exceptional work, having read a total of 450 chapters and memorized 60 verses of Scripture during the five-day period. Highlights of the program included memory work and special songs and choruses learned by the group. The teachers were Mrs. Earle Smart, Mrs. Roy Kinsland, Mrs. George Poindexter, Miss Ruby Elliott, Miss Margueriette Smart. Miss Daisy Hunnicutt 'and Mrs. R. H. Hull. four children, Mrs. Blanche Owens and Mrs. Leola Holland, of Gneiss, and Melvin and How ard McCoy, of Franklin, Route 2; four grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Emma Houston, of Franklin, Route 3. Bryant funeral home was in charge of the arrangements. Doctors in Veterans adminis tration hospitals now may study to meet specialty board exami nations under VA's new resident training program. MACON THEATRE SUNDAY MATINEE 2:30 ? NIGHT SHOW 9:00 WEEK DAYS 3:00 ? 7:30 ? 9:30 t Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, June 16-17-18 in M l, iVi $ exciting screen Adventure Wednesday, Thursday, June 19-20 A, m<E, runs riot b?0wnm?XICO With lutoovt lomour ??a<?>i?9 o rogu#, ? bull?iflk'?f ?"d ? milllonolr# n#?? twills it that ipiiy lo'in lo??. DOROTHY ARTUP.u LAMOUR de CORDOVA fi Masquerade MITCHELL LEISEN PRODUCTION Friday, June 21 Marjorie Reynolds In "MEET ME ON BROADWAY" Saturday, June 22 ? Double Feature Charles Starrett In "GALLOPING THUNDER" And "CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACK! E'' Owl Show at 10:30 ? Out at 12:00 "VOICE OF THE WHISTLER" >
The Franklin Press and the Highlands Maconian (Franklin, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 13, 1946, edition 1
8
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75