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VOL. LXI? NO. 38
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1946
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LEGION SELLS
PROPERTY TO
PRELODRYMAN
Will Use Proceeds From
Business Realty Sale
On Memorial Project
The Macon County post of the
American Legion, at its meeting
iwoiiuay night, voted to accept
tiie oiler made by Prelo Dry
Dryuian made a substantial cash
iiurtli side of West Main street.
The purchase price was not
disclosed.
Xt was understood that Mr.'
Dryman made a substatial cash
deposit and that the deal wiil
te completed within the near
future.
The property involved is the
western half of the two story
brick structure formerly known
as the Johnston or Porter
building.
The Legion plans to use the
funds derived from the sale of
the property to , construct a
caretaker's building and add
other features to the pro
perty, just back of the Nanta- |
. hala creamery, on which A. B. \
Slagle is erecting a Charlie
Slagle memorial building for the
Boy Scouts and the use of oth
er organizations.
Plans for tha Legion's share in
the project will be discussed at
the w* meeting.
The Legionnaires voted to
change their meeting dates from >
Monday to Saturday, and the
hour from 8 to 7:30. The next
meeting will be held October 5 j
in the Legion hall.
REVIVAL TO OPEN SUNDAY
AT IOTLA BAPTIST CHURCH |
A revival will begin at the
latla Baptist church September
22 at 8 p. m. Preaching will be
done by the pastor, the Rev.
N. E. Holden, and the Rev. F.
P. Blankenship of Sylva.
r.
Do You
Remember .. .?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
5# YEARS AGO THIS .WEEK I
A negro boy. Will Moore, was
the first person to find a lodg
ing place In the new Jail. He
was put in Wednesday lor ap
propriating some of E. K. Cun
ningham's free silver to his own
use. _
Some excitement was created
last Monday evening by a re
port that Mr. Thad Patton was
thrown from his mule at the
turn of the road between town
and Mrs. Gaston's. Dr. Lyle was
called, but found him pretty
badly stunned by the fall but
no serious injury sustained. The
fall was caused by a bicycle
running into the mule at a short
turn of the street.
25 YEARS AGO
GOLD MINE: Most everybody
has been giving bean stringings
in .his community, except Mr.
Isaac Keent who gave a bean
knobbing. The beans were
strlngless.
ELLIJAY : The revenue offic
er, Mr. R. F. Henry, passed
through this community on his
mission of making the unem
ployment problem more acute.
He seems to be of different
mettle from the flabby Federal
Reserve Bank chap who came
to J. T. Henry's store en route
to see some farms of the com
munity. When he found that
some walking would be required
to bring him to the farms, he
went back, because he had "al
ready walked three miles that
day I"
10 YEARS AGO
Two pennies were removed
from the windpipe of Willie Mae
Cogglns. 20-months-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle
Cogglns, of Erastus, Jackson
county, by Dr. Furman Angel,
at the Angel hospital Monday.
The pennies, which the child
had sucked Into her throat ear
lier In the day, were removed
with the aid of * bronchoscope
without the use of anaesthetic.
LAKE EMORYT" There is some
, excitement In this community
because, of depredations com
mitted last week by a dog be
lieved to have hydrophobia. It
has not been learned from
whence the dog came nor what
finally became of It. It Is known
that. In this section and on
Rabbit Creek, eight dog* were
bltUn.
The Weather
illgti Low
Thursday 80 51
Friday 70 53
Saturday 74 57
Sunday 75 53
Monday 75 56
Tuesday 65 51
Wednesday 77 55
RIBBONS WON
BY MACON BOYS
Calf Owners Here Make
Good Showing At
Dairy Event
Macon County 4-H club and
FFA boys exhibiting registered
calves at thei Western North
Carolina Junior Dairy show in
Asheville Friday of last week
won four blue ribbons, nine red,
and five white, compilation of
the results of the show revealed
this week.
In percentage of ribbons won,
he boys from this county stood
well above the average for the
Western North Carolina region.
Of the 18 calves ' shown from
Macon County, 22 per cent were
in the blue ribbon class, 50 per
cent in the red. and 28 per cent
in the white. The average for
the show was 24.5 per cent blue
ribbons, 40.5 per cent red, and
35 per cent white.
The percentage of Macon
calves in the two top classes
was 72, as compared with an
average for the show of only 65
per cent in these two top
classes.
Prec.
62
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Blue riDDon can uwners, uic
classes, and sponsors follow:
Adolph Conley, 4-H club, sen
ior yearling, self; Freddie (Boi
Setser, FFA, senior calf. A. B
Slagle; Jerry Potts. 4-H club.
Junior calf, Coble Dairy prod
ucts, Paul Nave, representative;
and William Waldroop. 4-H club.
Junior calf. J. D Elrod, South
ern Dairies Field Representat'.-e
Red ribbon calf owners, the
calves and sponsors follow;
Victor Teague, 4-H club, jun
ior yearling, Dowdle Wholesale
company; Lee Downs, FFA, Jun
ior yearling. Frank Duncan;
Tom Csbe, FFA. junior yearling,
A. R. Hlgdon; Bobbv Joe Cor
bln. 4-H club, junior ye<"Kn..
Harold T. Sloan and Lester
Henderson ; Bobby Tippett, FFA, 1
senior calf, Biirrell Motor com
pany; Wayne Stewart, 4-H club,
senior calf, Glenn Ray; Eugene
Grav. 4-H club, senior calf. C.
L. Pendergrass; Claude Allen.
4-H club, senior calf. Zickgraf
Hardwood companv: Fred Deal,
4-H club, junior calf, self
White ribbon calf ownef-s
classes and soon sors follows:
John Klnsland. 4-H club, jun
ior yearling, Harrv Thomas:
Frank Deal. 4-H club, junior
vearllng. Wiley Brown; Hovt
Brookshire 4-H club, iunior
yearling. Joe Ashear: Melvin
Penland, 4-H club, junior vearl
ing, L. C. Hlgdon; and Wayne
Stewart. 4-H club, Junior calf,
self.
The Danish system of judg
ing was used In this system,
calves that have high points of
perfection are placed in the
blue class, calves not reaching
the higher perfection being
placed below in the red and
white classes. This system also
enables each contestant to win
a prize ? 2,000.00 in prizes were
to be distributed. The amount
for each class has not as yet
been determined.
Prizes of $9. $7, $5, and $4 for
fitting and showmanship were
offered in each class. Adolph
Conley. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Conlev, won fourth place
in fitting Jerry Potts, was also
a competitor for this money
Bobby Tippett fitted and showed
the calf of Lee Downs, Wayne
Stewart fitted and showed the
calf of his brother, Harley Moore
Stewart.
Thursday night before the
show boys participating enjoyed
i Brunswick stew supDer given
bv Southern dairies, followed by
short talks by John Arey. ex
tension dairvman. and F. H
Jeter, extension editor.
Here're Dates When
Sugar Stamp* Expire
Were I* t.he latest sugar ration
Information :
Spare Stamp No. 49. Rood for
five pounds, expires September
30. Spare Stamp No. 51. good
for five pounds, expires Decem
ber 30. Spare Stamps Nos. 9 and
1 10. each good for five pounds
; canning sugar, expire October
1 31.
The Farm Security has 1121,
527.100 to loan to farm families
1 this ysar.
80 FROM MACON
OFF TO START
COLLEGE YEAR
Number From Here Away
At School Believed
Largest Ln Years
At least 80 young men and
women from Macon County ?
probably the largest number ln
years ? will attend college this
year, a survey made by The
Press shows.
Many of them already have
entered school, and others will
leave within the next few days
for colleges and universities
throughout the country.
Those entering the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
include Miss Merrily Brooks,
Clell Bryant, Bobby Leach, Per
ry Henson, Rufus Pannell, Har
old Roper, and Bob S. Sloan.
Planning to enter North Caro
lina State college, Raleigh are
LeRoy Roper, Bill Cochran,
George Walker, Charlie Vinson,
Max Parrish, Tom Setser. Keith
Gregory, Dwight Wilson, Brown
low Addington and Andrew Pat
ton.
Will Attend w. t. T. U
Going to Western Carolina
Teachers college, Cullowhee, are
the Misses Virginia Bryant.
Louise Carpenter, Catherine
Meadows, Maxine Wright, Jessie
Ruth Stewart, Freda Hall, Annie
Will Howard, and Iva Dell Nor
ton, and Frank Murray, Jr.,
John Gibson Murray, J. C. Cun
ningham. Jack Angel, Jack Car
penter, Don Cabe, Ed Carpen
ter, Jr., Frank Plyler and Clyde
Drake.
Attending Womans' college of
the University of North Caro
lina, Greensboro, will be the
Misses Louise Pendergrass, Car
olyn Long. Margie* Blumenthal
Betty Jane Waltfroop, Myra
Slagle. Francis Furr, Freda Mae
Arnold, Margaret Corbin, Vir
ginia Burnette and' Jessie Potts.
Going to Mars Hill college
Mars Hill, are Miss Jeanette
Harrison, Paul Lee Plemmons
and Cecil Tallent.
James C. Horsley has entered
the U. S. Military academy at
West Point, N. Y
Entering Duke university,
Durham, are Allan Brooks, Jr..
Robert Zahner and Bud Thomp
son.
Going To Tennessee
The Misses Anne Ray and
Jean Hemphill will attend the
University of Tennessee. Nash
ville.
Going to the College of New
Rochelle, New Rochelle. N. Y
will be Miss Elizabeth Wasilik.
Entering Murray State Teach
ers college. Murray, Ky., is Miss
Carolyn Leach.
Miss Dorothy Ray will go to
Columbia university, New York.
Miss Dorothy Jones plans to
attend Crlchton Business ool
lege. Atlanta, Ga.
Attending the University of
Georgia, Athens. Ga., is George
Hunnicutt.
Going to Manhattan oolleee
New York City, is John Wasilik.
Miss Mary Lou Liner is en
tering the nurses' training
school of Fort Saunders, Knox
ville, Tenn.
Miss Jessie Lee Downs will at
tend Berea college. Berea. Ky.
Miss Betty Bradley is enter
ing Draughon's Business col
lege in Knoxville
The Misses Annie Sue Conley,
Rea Harmon and Mildred Re'd
are attending Meredith college.
Continued From Page Eight ?
B. T. U.
To Install Officers At
Associational Meet
Officers for the coming year
will be installed at the Asso
ciatlonai B. T. U.'s final meet
ing of the conventional year, to
be held at the Mount Holly
Baptist church September 27 at
7:30 p. m.
The Installation service will
Include a word of appreciation
to the retiring officers, by Frank
Browning; the charge to the In
coming officers, Dr. Thom.
Carter; candlellghting service,
conducted by Mrs C. E. Parker;
and the dedicatory talk, by the
Rev. C. E. Parker.
The Franklin church choir
will present a musical program,
business matters will be trans
acted. and there will be group
singing. The Rev. Bill SorreUs
will pronounce the invocation,
and J. H. Brookshlre will give
the benediction.
The moon Is always full al
1 ths tlms of ita ?clips*.
1 Only One Macon Home
Out Of 8 Has Running
Water, Report Shows
' Only one out of every eigtu
dwelling units in Macon Coun
ty has running water
Only one out oi 13 has a
private toilet.
Only one out of 13 has pri
vate bath facilities.
And less than one-third have
electric lighting.
The figures for those state
ments are contained in a re
port just issued by the North
Carolina State PlannLng Board.
The report seeks to give the
Basic County Data for each of
North Carolina's 100 counties.
The percentages on the va
rious Items are given for each
county, accompanied by com
parative Dercentages for the
state and the nation. The report
Indicates that this county's
proportion of houses with elec
tric lighting is only a little
more than half the state aver
age; those with running water,
only a third of the state aver
age; those with toilets, about
one-fourth the state average;
and those with private bath,
slightly more than a third of
the state average.
The report says that 43 per
cent of Macon's dwelling units
need major repair, as compared
with 30 per cent for the state,
ana lb per cent lor the nation.
Twelve per cent ol this county s
houses were built since 1929, as
compared with 22 per cent in
the state ana is per ceii I lAi
the nation.
Only 34 per cent ol the fam
ilies here own their homes, the
report says, as conipuieu
42 per cent in the sta..e alia
per cent in the nation.
Seventeen per cent of the
families here nave me'ciianicai
refrigeration. The figures for the
state and the nation are 2a ana
44, respectively.
Forty-three per cent of Ma
con families have radios. Two
per cent cook with e.eclncity,
one per cent cook with gas, and
90 per cent eook with wood.
Less than one Macon house out
of a hundred has central heat
ing.
The number of persons per
dwelling unit in this county is
given as 4.66. The figures for
the state are 4.52, and for the
United States, 3.78
The report explains that the
figures were obtained from ?va
rious governmental sources,
state and national. The figures
are as of 1940.
M.E. Cochran,
73, Dies Of
Heart Attack
Mark E. Cochran, 73, widely
kndwn farmer of the Flats com
munity, died at Angel hospital
at 1:15 o'clock Thursday morn
ing.
Mr. Cochran, who had been
a patient at the hospital for
about two weeks, suffered a
heart attack a few hours before
he had expected to be discharg
ed and return to his home.
He was a charter member ol
the Nantahala Masonic lodge, a
member of the Odd Fellows, and
a member of the Briartown
Baptist church, where the fu
neral services wi.!l be held Fri
day at 2:30 p. m., with the pas
tor, the Rev. Mose Woodard, as
sisted by the Rev. Theodore
Dendy, officiating. Interment
will be in the church cemetery
Pallbearers will be Howard
Cross. Oscar Cross, Clint May,
Britt May, Buford Owenby, and
Jim Mackie.
Survivors incude his widow;
two sons, Weaver and Marvin
Cochran, both of Flats; six
daughters, Mrs. Thelma Gash,
of Swannanoa, Mrs. Lola May
and Mrs. Wilma Mackie, both
of Knoxville, and Mrs. Gladys
May. Mrs. Delphine Owenby,
and Mrs. Vera Owenby, all of
Flats; one brother. Richard
Cochran, of Flats; 22 grand
children; and six great-grand
children.
Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of Bryant
Funeral home.
Free Movie
To Be Shown Sept. 26 By
Masonic Lodge
The Junaluskee Masonic Lodge
will sponsor the showing of a
free motion picture, "To Aid
and Assist", here Thursday, Sep
tember 26, it has been an
nounced.
The movie will be shown
twice, at the Macon theater
about 4:30 in the afternoon ?
immediately after the matinee
there; and at the First Baptist
church at 8 p. m.
The picture, released by the
Masonic Service association, de
picts the work of the Masonic
service* in ministering to serv
ice men and women during the
war. and Is said to be of spe
cial interest to former service
persons. Ex-servicemen are esoe
cially invited, as well as the
general public.
At the evening performance
seats will be reserve# for the
former service men,
A feature of the program at
the church will be a brief me
morial, conducted by the pastor,
Rev E. Po-'rer, *?r
Harley R. Cabe and Kenneth
Cabe. members of the lodge who
lost their lives In the service of
their country.
The soil of Illinois comes In
i three colon: light gray, black
?n4 jwUow.
REPORTS. TALK
MARK PTA MEET
65 At Initial Session;
Year's Work Outlined
By Committee Heads
Enthusiastic reports by com
mittee chairmen and a talk by
the president, Mrs. Weimar
Jones, marked the year's initial
meeting of the Franklin Parent
Teacher association, held at the
school Monday evening.
About 65 men and women
were in attendance.
Emphasizing the importance
of the parent-teacher organiza
tion, nationally and locally, Mrs
Jones pointed out that it has
a membership of more than 3,
500,000, and she quoted state
ments of the late President
Roosevelt and of former Secre
tary of State Stettinius on the
value of its contribution to
America, and its opportunities
for service.
She described the P. T. A. as
"a cooperative folk movement",
made up of "the two groups of
people most important to our
children ? the parents and the
teachers". Since "the basic idea
behind the whole organization
is the child", she urged every
parent and every teacher to
contribute his or her talents,
adding that "with the sympa
thetic undecstandlng, confi
dence. and cooperation of these
two groups, our opportunities
for service are limitless".
She announced the chairmen
of the 10 standing committees,
and the various chairmen re
ported, giving birds-eye views
of their plans of work for the
j^trfT^nd the chairmen an
nounced members of their com
mittees.
Committees Listed
The committees are as fol
lows, the first named in each
case being the chairmen:
Program, Mrs Allen Siler,
Miss Edna Jamison, Mrs. W. E.
Hunnicutt, and the Rev C. E.
Parker; membership. Mrs. Mar
ion Perce, Mrs. R. S. Jones, and
Mrs. Henry Christy: hospitality.
Mrs Frank M. Killian. Mrs. John
Continued on Page 8?
Enrollment
In County Schools Now
Stands At 3,611
The Highlands school enroll
ment totals 403, 357 students In
the grammar school, and *6 In
the high school. Supt Guy L.
Houk announced this week.
This brings to 3,611 the en
rollment In the county.
Other Macon schools opened
August 29, but the Highlands
opening was delayed untU a
week ago.
Mr. Houk announced the fac
ulty of the Highlands school as
follows:
O. F Summer, principal. Miss
Veva Howard, Miss Nina How
ard. Miss Lois Keener. Miss Vir
ginia Edwards. Miss Marion
Lester. Mrs. Onnle Cabe. Miss
i Ollle Mae Burrell, Carl Talley
i ? Miss Ruth Crawford. Mrs. Annie
PUrton, n?d W. C. Newton
34 FROM DOZEN
STATES DONATE
TO MOUND FUND
_i
Total New Stands At
$1,039, But Only
One Day Is Left
Thirty-lour donations ? coming
from a dozen states and the dis
trict of Columbia? this week
j had boosted the amount con
< tributed to the fund to buy the
Nikwasi. Indian Mound to $1,039.
A total of $1,500 is needed, so
that the campaign still is $461
short of the goal.
And the time limit lixed by
the owner of the property ex
pires Friday night
Of the 34 latest contribu
; Hons, 26 came from outside the
j county ? chielly from former
Macon County residents who still
j are keenly interested in their
home community. Several of
them, in forwarding checks,
wrote that "the Mound must be
preserved", and a number, to
make sure their donations ar
rived in time, forwarded them
by air mail
Otntno >
Mbatco icpicdciiicu uy lllr
group of donors whose names
were announced Wednesday by
J. C. Jacobs, treasurer of the
Nikwasi Indian Mound associa
tion, included Georgia, Florida,
Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio.
New York. Kentucky, Texas,
North Dakota. Idaho, and Cali
fornia. as well as North Caro
lina. There also WPre donations
from the District >f Columbia.
Donors Listed
The latest donors, anniunced
Wednesday by Mr. Jacobs, are:
Capt Jack Tessier, of Louis
ville, Ky? Mrs. Rebv S. Tessier.
Miss Eleanor Sloan, of Lewis
ton, Idaho, Mrs A. W Reed.
Canton Henry. Mrs Margaret
Cannon Howell, of Highlands.
Mrs. N. G. Williams, of Clarks
ton. Ga:. Ouv Weaver, of Aahe
vllle. Daniel Lyle. of Peck. Ida
ho. Miss Mayne Moses. Mrs C.
E. Bild, of Miami, FIa? Marv J.
Roper, of Atlanta. Ga.. Maj W
N. Sloan, of Baltimore. Md.. Mrs.
Paul Kemper, of Williston. N.
Dak.. Roy Roper, of Atlanta,
Gladys Hannah, of Washington,
D. C., Connie Thigpen. of Char
lotte, Mrs. Robert Fullbright, of
Waynesville. Miss Sue Brvson, of
Tacoma Park, Md? J K Cun
ningham. of Beckley, W. Va.,
John Roy Taylor, of Pomona,
N. Y., Howard Moore, of Gas^
tonia. Mrs. George Halbritter, of
Cleveland. Ohio, Nimrod H.
Stiles, of Haines City. Fla . Cpl
John McConnell, of Camp Hood.
Texas, A. J. Ritchie, of Rabun
Gap, Ga , Mrs. Lake P. Dorri.s.
of Highlands, Edna Gillespie, of
Blackfoot, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs.
D. W. Flnley. of St. Petersburg.
Fla.. Miss L. A. Nourse. of
Highlands. Charles V Rainwat
er, of Highlands. Ellis D. White,
of La Verne. Calif., and J.
Frank Ray. of Washington, D. C.
One Gift Of $100
One out-of-state donation of
$100 was sent in anonymously.
Two weeks ago, at the last re
port, only $734 In cash, or less
than half the sum needed, was
in hand, and this week more
than two-thirds of the total had
been contributed
Officials of tfae association,
however. while encouraged,
pointed out that there must be
some fast and generous .giving
tomorrow (Friday* if the total
is to be raised by the Friday
night deadline
The campaign was launched
several weeks ago, following
organization of the association
by a group who felt It highly
important that the Mound, an
ancient landmark here when
the first white men came, be
bought and deeded to a public
agency to prevent it's being
leveled to make the property
available for business use.
An option was obtained from
the owner, W. Roy Carpenter,
until August 31. and Mr. Car
penter subsequently extended
the time to September 20
KEENER COMPLETES BASIC
AIR CORPS TRAINING
Pvt. Charles R Keener, who
entered the army air corps last
| July at Fort Bragg, as a vol
unteer. and who was sent to
ISan Antonia. Texas, has com
pleted his basic training there
and is being transferred to
1 Scott Field. 111., for advanced
training He is a son of Mrs.
|G. D Hedden. of Bonny Crest,
and of the late Randolph Keen
er, of the Gneiss community.
, | With 14 each. Florida, Louls
i Una, Tennessee anil Texas lead
th? nation In l*|al holiday*.