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y% l Tll_nn ~T~ ? FRANKLIN. N. C? THURSDAY, JANt'ARY t, 1M7
Annex To Be Built
By Presbyterians
Plan S. S. Rooms, Chapel,
Recreation Hall, An J
Paster's Study
Plans for enlarging the Frank
lin Presbyterian church were
? announced this week.
The building program calls
for construction of an educa- '
tional annex, at the rear of the i
present structure; installation
of a central heating system ; and
repairs to the church proper, '
including restoration of the
steeple and bell tower. The old
r" steeple was struck by lightning
a number of years ago. .
The enlargement is necessi- j
tated, church officers said, by
the continuing growth of the
Sunday nchcol.
The prolect is expected to cost
between $6,000 and $10,000, and
it is ItCped that construction
can get under way this spring
or early in the summer.
The annex will be built of
brick, like the present structure,
and it was explained that will ;
be so designed as to be in keep
ing with the church. The
church, built 90 or 100 years
ago, has been tailed one of the
finest buildings, architecturally,
in Franklin
The annex, which will give
the building a "T" shape, will ;
have overall dimensions of 46
by 38 feet, and will be two
storeys in height. In the first
floor will be a recreation room,
28x25^ a kitchenette, the pastor's
study, and three Sunday school
rooms. The second floor will
contain a chapel, 14x30, for four
Sunday school classrooms. ' j
The furnace, which will heat
the entire structure, will be in- !
stalled underneath the annex.
The present church audi.to- j
riuiji^ will remain unchanged, .
? ? f ? jthat the beaverboard
ph, unions, which now cut off
three corners of the auditorium
i or Sunday school rooms, will I
be removed This is expected 1
to increase the present seating
capacity of about 100 by a third. ,
The building program, which
has been approved by the con
gregation, was worked out by
Lte builcji^^nd finance com
mittees. i.Slmed. respectively,
by J. B. Ray and Ernest Ran
kin. Working closely with them,
since his arrival in Franklin,
was the pastor, the Rev. B. Hoyt
Evans.
The work is to be done on a
.^ay-as-you-go bas'.s, it wis ex
plained. About $3,000 is n ,w
available for the project.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Wagg
very cleverly entertained at a
dinner yesterday at the par
sonage Mrs. M. I. Slier, Mrs.
C. D. Smith, Mrs. J. M. Lyle,
Mr and Mrs. Daniel Lyle, Rev.
and Mrs. D. F. Carver, and
Mr and Mrs. W A. Curtis. The
dinner was an excellent one i
and as host and hostess Mr.
and Mrs. Wagg are simply per- 1
fection. The occasion was great
ly enjoyed by all present.
January 1, 1897, Franklin had
a total population of 330 per
sons, 300 white persons, of
whom 148 were males and 152
females, and 30 Negroes.
25 YEARS AGO
OTTO. Under the leadership
of Mr. J. J Mann as principal
and Mr. Horner Stockton, as
assistant, this community hat*
?> had one of the best schools in
the county, or at least we think
so.
If YEARS AGO
Attacked by a mad dog Wed
nesday morning, Harold Woody,
.franklin school boy, grappled
barehanded with the crazed
canine and held him securely
by- the throat until another
boy, his brother, arrived and
put the dog to death with a
r stone.
About 600 home-made toys
were distributed to Macon
county children at Christmas
time through the National
Youth administration and the
Macon county recreational pro
ject, under the supervision of
Mr*. J. A Ordway and T. J.
DUetl,
The Weather
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
High
58
62
57
64
63
48
45
Low Prec.
20
26
36 .11
44 .71
22
32 76
34 1.28
" Up to 5 p. m.
Total rainfall for seven -day
period, 2.86 inches.
Ellijay Man
Found Dead,
Lying In Road
Zollie Buchanan, 39, Sunday
morning was found dead, lying
In a road in his home commun
ity of Ellijay, the victim, the
coroner's jury found, of "too
much whiskey".
Mr. Buchanan Saturday night
had been left at a hut, where
he sometimes did some work,
by two young men, a Mr. Wood
and a Mr. Buchanan. They
told the officers he was intoxi
cated at the time, but they
thought he would be all right.
The body was found by Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Evltt, who
were on their way to Sunday
School at the time. A physician
who made an examination of
the body said death probably
occurred about 4 or 5 o'clock
Sunday morning.
The inquest was conducted by
Coroner O. L. Blaine.
Mr. Henry, a native of Jack
son county, had lived in Macon
for the past 20 years, and had
made his home with cousins, 1
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Henry,
since his discharge from the
service. He served In the arm
ed forces for three years.
Mr. Buchanan recently had
been employed by Beulon Peek
in getting out acid wood. He
was a member of the Ellijay
Baptist church.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Ellijay Baptist church.
The Rev. Lee Crawford, pastor,
officiated, and Interment fol
lowed In the church cemetery, i
Pallbearers were Joe. Tom. I
Canton, Grady, Fred and
Charlie Henry.
Surviving are several uncles,
aunts and cousins.
Bryant funeral home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Death
Claims John T. Emory
At Age ?f 78
John Thomas Emory, 81-year
old farmer of the Burnlngtown
community, died at his home
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock,
following an illness of several
years. He has been critically ill
for the past few weeks.
Mr. Emory, a life-long resi
dent of Macon county, was a
member of the Burnlngtown
Baptist church. He was twice
married. His second wife, the
former Miss Callie Reeves, died
in 1945.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 1
o'clock at the Burnlngtown Bap
tist church. The Rev Lee Craw
ford, of Franklin, Route 4, ofii
clated, and burial was in the
church cemetery.
The pallbearers were Austin
Raby, Ralph Tallent, Gorman
Raby, Sam Raby. Howard Ray
and Joe Raby.
""Surviving are two step-daugh
ters, Miss Virginia Teague and
Mrs. Andrew Reeves, of Frank
lin, Route 3, and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral arrangements were
under the direction of Bryant
funeral home.
Good Health Meet Called
For Friday Night At 7:30
Mrs. Josephine Gaines and J.
H. Stockton, co-chairmen for
Macon County of the North
Carolina Good Health associa
tion, have called a meeting to
discuss the association's pro
Bnun for 7:10 p. m. tomorrow
(Friday) night at the court
house. All community leaders
and others Interested ere in
vited to be present, the eo
chairmen atid.
WILL BUILD ANNEX TO CHURCH ? Above is a reproduction of the architect's drawing of
the Franklin Presbyterian church, as it wiH appear after construction of an annex and the
restoration of the steeple and bell tower. The annex, shown at the left, will be built at the
rear of the present structure and will rive the church a "T" shape. Although two storeys, it
will be the same height as the church, constructed of brick like the church, and architec
tually in keeping with the structure, one of the oldest in Franklin.
TELLS HOW HE
got big Bear
HollLs Clark Put* Stop
To Br. n's Feasting
On Pork
Hollis Clark, of Aquone, this
week told how he put a stop,
without delay, to hog-killing by
a bear.
Mr. Clark, accompanied by
Ralph Postell, three days before
Christmas went into the moun
tains to look after his hogs. He<
took along his three bear dogs,"
he said, as a sort of "guard of
honor".
When he discovered that some
"varmint" had killed and eaten j
one of his porkers, he turned
loose his Airdale "bear dog" i
and the two other dogs, and
within 15 minutes the three
had the bear at bay. ?>
Mr. Postell fired point blank ;
at the bear, but the light shot
only made him run. At this '
juncture, the Airdale seized the
bear, which dragged the dog
for several hundred yards. Fin
ally, in desperation, the bear
climbed a tree, going up about
25 feet.
It took two shots from Mr.
Clark's gun to bring him down,
and then it took two heavy j
horses from a nearby logging
camp to drag Bruin out to the
road so he could be loaded on
a truck.
The animal, which weighed
503 pounds, is said to have j
killed two cows in the neigh- I
borhood in recent weeks.
It was the second bear Mr.
Clark had killed this winter.
He killed one weighing 400
pounds Octnber 26 on Dick's
Creek, two miles below the
Nantahala dam and only about
four miles from the point of the
latest kill.
Bob Sloan Will
Join Newspaper's
Staff Next Week
Bob S. Sloan, widely known
Franklin man, will Join the
staff of The Press next week.
Mr. Sloan recently returned
to Franklin, after completing
college work at the University
of North Carolina, work which
was interrupted by the war.
After making a distinguished
record during his four years in
the army, he served for a
year as veterans' service officer
in this county, resigning to re
enter the University last fall.
He was connected with The
Press for a considerable period,
a number of years ago, when
the late Mrs. J. W. Cantey
Johnson was publisher.
Methodist Leaders Here
Called To Meet T uesday
Dr. Walter B. West, superin
tendent of the WaynesvlUe dis
trict, has called an Important
meeting of Macon County Meth
odist leaders at the Franklin
Methodist church next Tuesday
at 2:30 p. m Ministers, charge
Lay leaders, superintendents of
church schools, presidents of
Woman's Societies for Christian
Service, presidents of youth fel
lowships, and chairmen of
Christian stewardship commit
tsss art urfsd ta attend.
Macon County Girl
Promoted To Heme
Agent In Caldwell
Miss Barbara Hurst, who
has been serving as assistant
home demonstration agent
in Caldwell county for the
past six months, has just
been promoted to demon
stration agent for that
county, it has been learned
here.
Miss Hurst is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace
C. Hurst, of Franklin, Route
1.
She was graduated last
spring from Greensboro
college, at Greensboro,
where she majored in home
economics, and entered ex
tension work shortly after
that as assistant Caldwell
county agent.
Mrs. Collins
Fatally Burned In Rome,
Ga.; Rites Held Here
Mrs. Mary Bryson Collins, 69,
was fatally burned when her
clothing caught fire from the
flames of a gas heater, last
Thursday at the home of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. J. W. Bry
son, in Rome, Oa. She died late
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Collins was a native of
Macon County, and the body
was brought here. Funeral serv
ices were held Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at the Sugarfork
Baptist church, on the Frank
lin-Highlands highway, with the
Rev. Charles E. Parker, pastor
of the Franklin Baptist church,
officiating. Burial followed in
the church cemetery.
Mrs. Collins spent most of
her adult life in Knoxvllle,
Tenn., where she was superin
tendent in a garment factory.
She was active there in the
Broadway Baptist church, serv
ing as a teacher in the Sunday
school and as president of the
Woman's Missionary society.
She was partially paralyzed
12 years ago, and since that
time had spent her summers
here with her sister, Mrs. John
M. Moore, and her winters in
Rome, Oa., and Florida.
Survivors, in addition to Mrs.
Moore, Include two sisters, Mrs.
John W. Briggs, of Rome, and
Mrs. R. A. Henry, of Ventura,
Calif., and a brother, the Rev.
J. A. Bryson, of Columbia. Mo.
Sugar Stamp No. 53
Became Good Jan. 1
Spare ration stamp No. 53
on January 1 became good for
five pounds on sugar. It will
remain good through April 30
i JUNIOR MUSIC CLUB *
| MEETING POSTPONED
The meeting of the Franklin
Junior Music club, which was
scheduled for 8aturday after
noon, January 4, has been post
poned until further notice.
Mrs. J. O. Burroughs and
daughter, Nancy Jo, of Qastonia,
are spending several days vis
i Itlng Mrs. Burroughs' parents,
Mr. and Mrs Jack Moore, at
their home in the Bethel com
munity, and her (later, Mrs.
Karley Stewart, and Mr. Stew
?rt at their home, Pranklln,
Rout* J,
110 GTS TAKING
FARM TRAINING!
No More Can Be Enrolled
Till April, Whitmire
Announces
With the January elass of i
farm veterans made up, 110
Macon County men now are
taking G. I. agricultural train
ing under the supervision of E
J. Whitmire, vocational agricul
ture teacher. This is next to
the largest number in the stato
under the direction of ohe
teacher.
No more young men can be
enrolled until April, Mr. Whit
mire said. He added that those !
who are interested in the farm
program and would like to en
roll in the April class should
start spreading lime and phos
phate on their farms now. and
not wait until April to see if ,
they get on the program and
then start farming. In other
words, "the best way to mat: .
the April class is to start build -
your farm now."
Preference will be shown those
men who' really are interested
in farming and who are buying
places of their own, he said.
Guffey Called Away
By Death In Family
i H. Lee Guffey was called to
; Washington, D. C., Saturday on
I account of the sudden death of
I his brother-in-law, Earl Place.
'He was accompanied to Wash
, ington by a sister, Mrs. Myrtle '
. White, of Bryson City.
Mr. Place, a native of New
1 York state, had lived in Wash
ington for about 20 years, where
he operated a taxicab He was
found dead in his taxi.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the
Brasstown Baptist church, across
the Georgia line from Warne,
j and interment was in the
'church cemetery. Among chose
attending the service were the
widow, Mr. and Mrs. Guffey,
Mrs. White, a sister of Mrs.
Place and of Mr. Guffey.
Mrs. Place plans to return to
Washington within the next few
days.
Highlands Wildlife
| Club To Meet Jan. 8
ine Mignianas wiiame ciuo
will meet at the town hall there
at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday night.
I January 8, It was announced
: this week by Norman Reese, sec
; retary and treasurer. An im
! portant feature of the meeting
will be the election of a delegate
I to the state convention of Wlld
| life clubs, to be held In Raleigh
Mr. and Mrs. O. B Burrell
and sons spent last Wednesday
and Thursday In Cornelia, Oa..
visiting Mr. Burrell's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Burrell.
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Easton and
family, of Lenoir City, Tenn.,
spent Sunday here with Mrs.
1 Kas ton's mother, Mrs. J. S.
Sloan, and family.
W. E. Hunnlcutt, W. W Sloan,
Sam W. Mendenhall, Winton
Perry, and R 8. Jones left last
Sunday morning by automobile
(or New Orleans to witness the
New Year's Sugar Bowl game.
BOY, 10. KILLS
SISTER, 12, IN
GUN ACCIDENT
Sixth Grade Schc dI Girl
Dies Instantly At
Oak Grove Home
A shotgun, accidentally dis
charged by her JO-year old
brother. Monday brougnt death
to Helen Louise Scruggs, 12, of
the Oak Grove community.
The accident occurred about
2 p. m. at the home of the
children's parents, the Rev. and
Mrs. Gordon E. Scruggs, and
followed by only about half an
hour the family's return from
a holiday visit to relatives near
Hazel wood
The girl was struck in the
left side of the neck and died
instantly.
Members of the family told
investigating officers that Helen
Louise was sitting by the radio,
reading, when her brother.
Lowell, standing about four feet
away, picked up the shotgun,
which was in the room, raised
and accidentally fired. Mr.
Scruggs' brother, Milford
Scruggs, said he had been using
the gun in an attempt to kill
something that had been dis
turbing the family's chickens.
The officers said it obviously
Was an accident, and Deputy
Sheriff Walter Dean said no
inquest was necessary.
The little girl, in the sixth
grade of the Cowee school, was
described by her teachers as
quiet and usually perfect in
the preparation of her assign
ments. Monday was the first
day this year that she had
missed school, her absence
having been occasioned by the
family's delayed return from
their visit in Haywood county.
In addition to her parents
and brother, she is survived by
a sister, Carolyn, her grand
father, L R. Scruggs, of Cand
ler, and her grandmother, Mrs.
R. H. Taylor, of near Hazel
wood.
The body was taken to the
home of Mrs. Taylor Tuesday
afternoon, and funeral serv
ices were held at Allen's Creek
Baptist church, near Hazel
wood, Wednesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock, with the Rev.
Thomas Erwin, pastor, officiat
ing. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Potts Funeral
home
Higdonville Quint
Loses To Sylva By
Score Of 28 To 24
The Higdonville basket ball
team met the undefeated Sylva
five, who average better than
six feet tall, Tuesday night of
last week and did everything
but win The final score was
28-24, with D. Moses leading the
scoring, with 10 points to his
credit.
The second team fared better
defeating the Sylva reserves 22
18 led by the fine shooting of
J. Smith, who fired 16 points for
Higdonville.
Firemen Called When
Grease Ignites At Cafe
Firemen were called out about
4:30 this (Thursday I morning
when grease on the stove at
Cagle's cafe caught fire, and
someone, passing, saw the blaze
and turned in the alarm No
damage was done. The incident
occurred about 30 minutes after
the cafe opened for the dav
Smokey Says:
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MM NO PLACE IN OUR
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1 A forest fire does not affect yout
Nonetensel Do higher prices pinch t
Shortages caust inconvenience* T It
there were no mors wood tomorrow,
could you got along without It in
! still say tho flra that destroyed M
did not affect you 1 Timber lit rt
sourco that cannot bo built In a
day . tho damag* of on* carotoaa
match can cauao losses which ?ai*>
not be replaced la ? hundred v*?r*l