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VOL. LXI? NO. 51
FRANKLIN. N C, THI'RSDAY, DEC. 1#, 1946
$2.00 PI CR YEAR
*".ISS M. SCOTT.
ASSISTANTHOME
AGENT. RESIGNS
Will Go To Avery Post;
Wayne Franklin Named
'Avery County Agent
Miss Marie Scott, home dem
onstration agent here (or the
past year and a half, has re
signed to accept a promotion
to the position of home agent
In Avery county. The resigna
tion of Miss Scott, a native of
this oounty, is effective Janu
ary 1. ' .
At the same time It was an
nounced that Wayne Franklin,
another Macon Couniy native,
has been appointed county
iarm agent in Avery, startint
the first of the year. Thus ivla
con- County Is furnishing the
extension staff for Avery.
Miss Scottfe work here has
been chiefly with members of
the county's 4-H clubs Th<
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Scott of Bidwell street
she was born and reared lr
Franklin. She was graduated
from Brevard college and Mary
ville college at; Maryville, Tenn..
receiving the B. S. degree in
home economics from the latter
institution. In the summer of
1944 rhe did graduate work at
the Woman's college of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. '
After a year's teaching at
Fontana Dam. she taught vo
cational home economics at Old
Fort until she came to Frank
lin as assistant home agent in
the summer of 1945.
Mr. Franklin goes to Avery
as county agent from work ir
Buncombe. He is the son of Mr
and Mrs. Jerry Franklin, of
Franklin, Route 4. A graduate
of N. C. State college, he work
ed with the Farm Security ad
ministration before entering the
extension service. He served as
assistant county agent in Chero
kee and Haywood counties until
he joined the marine corps
Since his discharge, he has been
in Buncombe county as assistant <
TV A farm agent.
Veterans New
Farm Class To
Start Jan. 1st
The larm veterans' program, 1
which is under the supervision i
of the Franklin High school
vocational department, will
start a new class January 1, it
was announced this week by E.
J. Whltmire, vocational teacher.
Veteran's who are living on
the farm, and are interested . in
the farm program, should re
port to the Vocational building
between the hours of X and 2
o'clock any week day, except
during Christmas week. They
must register by January 1, in
order to start training at that
date The third class will not
be started until April 1.
The veteran must be employ
ed full-time on the farm and
be willing to put in practice
recommendations from his su
pervisor on soil conservation,
and building and pasture im
provement. No veteran need ap
ply for training unless he is
willing to cairry out improved
practices.
Sixty-six veterans have been
receiving training since last
spring Many of these men
have purchased farms and are
getting established in farming.
Six men have been dropped
from the program since there'
was not sufficient evidence of
farming.
A man who is interested
should have a copy of his dis
charge made; if married, a
copy of his marriage certifi
cate; and if there are any chll<~
dren, copies of their birth cer
tificates. No original certificates
will be accepted.
But the first step is to repor,t
to the Vocational building dur
ing the designated hours and
give location of the farm, so it
can be checked.
The veterans' farm program
Is under the supervision of Mr.
Whltmire, the agriculture
teacher Oscar Ledford and Slier
Slagle as assistants, and Tom
Fagg as part-time assistant.
Mrs. O. Msrritt Preston and
daughter, Lee, of Cleveland,
Ohio, arrived her* Wednesday
for a visit with Mrs. Preston's
K rants, Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Con*
' at their home on Harrison
avinus,
of (Christmas
Alfhouah ffie (JHrisfmas card custom ts onlu a Ittf le-ov^r one V / "j
hundred uears old, 1H* symbols "u/e find on the cards eacfj - r
ijear arc ricJj in fradtftons as old Christmas itself - -
ON CHRISTMA5 EVE. ENGLISH MAIDENS
APORNED THEIR &EPS WITH HOLLy TO KEEP GOBLINS
AWAy. amp since bees were said to hum carols
AT CHRISTMAS TIME, CHILDREN PLACED HOLLy ON THe
Hives to wish the bees a "merr y Christmas?
ISTIETOE....
IN NORTHERN COUNTRIES,
> IF ENEMIES /WET BENEATH
\ MISTLETOE IN TvAE FOREST
I THEV LAIP POWN ARMS ANP
CALLED A. PAyS TRUCE .
LATER. MISTLETOE WAS
HUN6 OVER DOORW/tySAT
CHRISTMAS, PIEPSIK1S
THOSE VJHO ENTERED
TO KEEP FRIENDSHIP
ANP PEACE
(&? DLES AT CHRISTMAS,
f=VS 7/ M ENGLISH FARMERS USED T O
\i ' C? U6HT CANDLES ANP PRAy SOP
^ TO BLESS THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR
FIELDS ANP THEIR
LIVESTOCK. AMD
CANDLE-MAKERS
PRESENTED THEIR
CUSTOMERS WITH
FREECAKDlES.eVWAy'
? OF WI5HWG "THEM A
MERRy CHRISTMAS "
ELLS... .. IN EUROPE
IT WAS BELIEVED THAT
THE DEVIL DIED WHEVJ
CHRIST WAS BORN; SO
FOR AN HOUR BEFORE
MIPNI6HT ON CHRISTMAS
EVE BELLS WOULD TOLL
THE DEVI 15 DEATH KKlEll.
AT MIDNIGHT IT CHANGED
TO A JOyOUS PEAL, THE
BELLS RIN6INS OUT A .
fC TfflgTVlT JOyFUL,MERRy CHRISTMAS '
\^VnP 60 THE CHRI61MAS CARDS WE SENP AREAAORE THAU SREETlNGS ?THEV ARE
t AN EXPRESSION OF FRIENDSHIP, A BLESSING, A WISH THAT OTHERS MAy SHARE WITH
b US THE HAPPINESS OF THe yULETlDE ,?.."THEy ARE OOP WAV OF PERPETUATING THE SPlRlT
? WHICH CHRISTMAS REPRESENTS.
Houk Installed A*
New Master Of
Junaluskee Lodge
Ouy L. Houk was Installed as
worshipful master of Junalus
kee lodge. A. F. and A. M . at
the lodge meeting Tuesday
night.
Others who took office at the
same time are Earl Ward, sen
ior warden; R. S. O'Mohundro.
junior warden; H. W. Cabe.
treasurer; and Claude Bolton,
secretary. |
Tbe new worshipful master
appointed the following r
B. L. McOlamery, senior dea
con; J. Ward Long, junior dea- ,
con; Ebb Bullock, -senior stew*
?rd; Ernest Hyde, junior stew
ard; James Dryman, tiler; and
'C. Oordon Moore, chaplain.
The condition of W. M. Ed
wards. of Franklin, Route i, who
has been critically 111 at his
| Home tor wvertl days, wis rt?
ported to be unimproved Wed
I neiriay nl|nt.
Negro Spiritual* To Be
Heard At Legion Meeting
At the monthly meeting of
the American Legion Saturday
night. December 21, at 7:30
o'clock at the Legion hall, the
Macon County Spiritual singers i
will give a Christmas program ,
Yul? Progr am Planned
Sunday Night At Asbury
A Christmas program will be
given at the Asbury Methodist
church, with the singing of
Christmas carols and other spe
cial Christmas music, Sunday
night at 8 o'clock, it has been
announced by Mrs M. D. Hoov
er. The public is invited to at
tend.
O. R. Henson, who has been
a patient at the Angel hospital
since October SI, suffering
from a broken and mangled
right arm, received In a motor
accident, has recovered suffi
ciently to be returned to hl?
hom?, Franklin, Route 3.
Contest At Sylva
Is Won By Franklin
Group Of FFA Boy*
A team representing the
Franklin Future Farmers won
the ritual and parliamentary
procedure contest held at Sylva
Wednesday of last week, and,
by virtue of winning, is en
titled to enter the district con
test at Asheville In April.
The Franklin group competed
against two teams from Hay
wood county, a team from
Swain county, and one from
Oraham.
* The Franklin team was made
up of Hayes Gregory, George
Crawford, Bobby Tlppett, Hoyt
Bryson, and Lewi* Penland,
with E. J. Whltmlre as adviser,
James Penn, who Is an ?m
ploye of a subsidiary of the
Aluminum Company of America,
located In New Kensington, Pa.,
la spending two weeks with his
! ?*-ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. X.
Penn, at their home on Wfit
Main street
RECOVER $1,900
OF CASH TAKEN
FROM COCHRAN
Flats Merchant Critically
Injured By Blows;
Martin In Jail
Weaver W Cochran, 44. is in
a critical condition at thi
Rhoda-van Gordon clmic m I
Andrews, and Carl Thomas
Martin. 24, is in jail in Bryson
City held without bond, toi- j
lowing the hammer assault
robbery of Mr. Cochran at his
general store in the Flats com
munity last Thursday about 1 1
p. m. I
Martin has confessed that he
struck the Flats merchant on |
the head with a hammer and
robbed him of $2,100 in cash
and an undetermined amount i
in checks. Patrolman Pntchard
Smith, Jr., one of the investi
gating officers, said.
All of the cash, except S30t
which Martin said he had SP?"*'
has been recovered, Mr. bmith
Mr. Cochran had c.osed his
store, Mrs. Cochran told the j
officers, when a man came to
their home next door and asked
to buy some merchandise. When
her husband, who accompanied
the man into the store, did not ,
return, she called him and re- j
ceived no answer. She went for
a neighbor, and when they en- j
tered the store, they found him |
lying on the floor in a pool of j
^Martin, formerly of the Flats
community, but who recently
had lived in Asheville, Spaitan
burg, and Gastonia, was arrest- |
ed at 4 a. m. Saturday at the
hdme of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. w. C. Bond, in Luia, Ga. |
The arresting officers were Mr
Smith, Sheriff J. i
and Trooper Miller of the Geor- |
gia highway police.
Martin had gone to Flats
Wednesday and spent that night
at the home of his grandmoth
er Mrs. Martin. When he left
the community late Thursday, j
he left word with her to for
ward his bag to him when he
wrote her where he would be.
Officers learned of this, broke
open the bag, and obtained their
first clue as to his probable
location when they found in
the bag a letter from Martins
wife, written from Luia.
When they made the ariest
Mr. Smith said, the officers in
tercepted Mrs. Martin as she at
tempted to leave the house She
had $1,300 in cash, all in bill,
of $50 and $100. Martin later
told the officers that he
thrown Mr. Cochran's billfold
down 'beside the road after
taking the $2,100 from it. The
rtriuw ??
Ifn it m another compartment,
overlooked by the robber in his
haMr. Cochran, who
several skull fractures ?m the
hammer blows, is reported to be
gradually regaining
r.ess, and physicians beUeve Ws
condition is somewhat improved
Martin was first broug^tto
the jail here, but later Satur
day was taken to Bryson City
for safe-keeping
W. C. Ledbetter Injured
When Hit By School Bus
W. C. Ledbetter, 70. of Frank
lin, Route 2. was struck by a
school bus near his home Thurs
day morning. He was brought
to the Angel hospital where at
tendants reported his condition
as serious. He suffered a severe
cut on the forehead and a con
cussion.
CUBA CLUB TO HOLD
BAZAAR ON SATURDAY
The Cuba club, a Srmisl
class at the Franklin High
school, will hold a bazzar
Saturday morning from 10 to
12 o'clock in the office of the
Nantahala Power and Light
company. A variety of articles
suitable for Christmas gifts will
be on sale. They ask that pa
trons come early before the ar
ticles are picked over.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cook, who
have been operating a hotel at
Eaton ton, Oa., for a number of
years, have moved to Franklin,
where they formerly operated
Trimont inn. They have taken
the H. T. Sloan house on West
Main street. Mrs. Cook Is the
former Miss Nancy Kinnebrew
Her sister, Miss Harrtette Kin
nebrew, u hire to spend the
holidays with the Coots
YULE PROGRAMS
PLANNED HERE
FOR HOLIDAYS
Cantata, Church Services,
Veterans' Ceremony
Scheduled
Special services in the
churches, a war veterans' pro
gram. Sunday school Christmas
trees, plays, and parties, and
family gatherings will feature
the observance of the Christ
mas season in this community.
The choirs af the four Frank
lin churches will present a
Christmas cantata Sunday night
at 7:30 at the Methodist church,
and three of the four churches
will stress the Christmas tlieine
in music and sermons Sunday
morning. The fourth? St. Agnes
Episcopal ? will hold a midnight
service, as has been its custom
At 3 o'clock on Christmas eve
the American Legion and th,
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
join hands to present a pro
gram before a decorated Christ
mas tree on the public square.
Following a talk by the Rev. B
Hoyt Evans, Presbyterian pastor,
and Christmas carols, the two
organizations will place wreaths
on the crosses bearing the
names of Macon County *.<r
dead, while a huge wreath will
be placed in the center of the
plot.
The cantata, "The Music of
Bethlehem, by Fred R. Bolton,
will be directed by Mrs. Loui.-:
B Manning, with Mrs. Henry
W. Cabe at the organ and Mrs
Gilmer A. Jones at the piano.
Mrs. R. S. Jones will give sev
eral readings. The program fol
lows:
"Ring on. O Song", choirs:
"A Ktng Shall Reign", Men's
?chorus and choirs; "The Song
of Hope", quartet, composed of
Mrs. Earl Harmon, Mrs Neil
Johnston, Phil McCollum and
?am W. Mendenhall; reading by
Mrs. Richard S. Jones.
"The First Christmas Carol,
duet by Miss Virginia Bryant
and Mrs. Lucille C. Lasslter;
"O, Holy Night", choirs; "To
Bethlehem Draw Near", choirs:
Reading by Mrs. Jones; "Let
Heaven and Nature Sing"
choirs "The Lullaby Hymn";
reading by Mrs. Jones
"The Music of the Bells",
choirs with soprano obllgato by
Mrs. Louis Manning; "The
March of the Magi", Men's
chorus and choirs; "Hallelujah",
choirs; and "The Music of Beth
lehem", choirs.
The midnight service at St.
Agnes church, to which the pub
lic is invited, will open at 11:30
o'clock Tuesday night. The serv
ice, conducted by the rector,
the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, will
be marked by the singing of
carols and celebration of com
munion
Other Episcopal services plan
ned by Mr. Morgan in this
county include a Sunday school
Christmas tree at the Highlands
i church at 5 p. m. Tuesday,
j communion at St. Cyprian's
(Negro) church at 8 a. m.
Christmas day; and communion
at Highlands at 10 a. m.
The children of the Frank
lin Methodist Sunday school
will present a Christmas pro
gram Monday night at 7:30 at
the church, under the supervis
ion of Mrs. C. N. Dowdle, Mrs.
M. A. Perce. Mrs. H. A. Wllhlde.
Mrs. R. S. Jones, and Mrs.
James Cunningham. Pantomime
dramatization of Bible stories,
with a background of Christmas
music, will feature the program.
At' 10 a. m. Sunday morning
a Christmas tree will be hekl
for the Methodist primary de
partment, Mrs. Zeb Conley, su
perintendent, announced
Higdonville Quint
Loses To Webster
The Higdonville High school's
basketball team met defeat at
the hands of the strong WeS
ster quint on the Sylva court
Wednesday night, by a score of
18 to 16.
Higdonville's second string
fared better, defeating Web
ster's second team the same
night, 17 to 4.
Higdonville will play Sylva
Monday night.
Mrs. Pearl Corbin, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Pat
Holcomb, and Mr. Holcomb at
their home in Klammath Falls,
Ore., for the past three months,
returned to Franklin this week
. and is spending some time with
her father, James L Hlgdon, at
i his home in the Cullasaja com
munity