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THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1947
FRANKLIN. N C\. VOL. LXII? NO. 7
S2.00 PER YEAR
N. C. SYMPHONY
SLATED TO PLAY;
HERE MARCH 2:
Minimum Of $750 Mjs'c
r Be Raised; March 1 oe.
As Ticket Deadline
The appearance here of the
North Carolina Little Symphony
orchestra has 'been set for Fri
day, March 2' , It was announc
ed this week by Mistf Nora
Moody, chairman of the local
committee on the Symphony.
The orchestra played here last
spring to capacity audiences.
So far, a total of $145 has
been raised toward the $750 re
I quired to bring the orchestra to
Franklin, Miss Moody said. This
is a much larger proportion of
the total, members of last year's
committee said, than had been
raised by this time last year.
Of the amount raised, $65 is
in initial gifts, while $80 repre
sents 40 memberships, entitling
the holders to attend the con- ?
cert.
Membership tickets, at $2
each, may be obtained from any
member of the committee, from
members of the Junior Music
club, or at Perry's Drug store.
And Miss Moody will be avail
able in the lobby of the Bank
of Franklin on the next three
Saturday mornings ? February
15 and 22 and March 1. Other
members of the committee are
Mrs. H. W. Cabe, E. J. Carpen
ter, the Rev. W. Jackson Hun
eycutt, Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones, i
John M. Archer, Jr., and Mrs. 1
Weimar Jones. 1
Since it Is necessary to know
well in advance that the re- i
quired $750 is available to pay
for the orchestra's appearance ]
here, Miss Moody said, the total
must be raised by March 1. ]
Ticket sales will close on that .
date, she added. ,
Russian
To Speak At Baptist
Church Sundiay
Pastor Robert Tarzier, special
representative of the Russian
Bible Society, will speak at the
First Baptist church here Sun
day at the 11 o'clock morning
service, it has been announced.
A native of Russia and .for
mer pastor of the Golgotha
Church at Riga, Russia, he
escaped with his family from
Eastern Russia and came to
America recently, and now is
serving with the Russian Bible
Society.
That society, it was pointed
out, was organized under the
Influence of the Russian Tsar,
Alexander I, "more than a cen
tury ago. Later, however, it was
suppressed by the tsars, and
had its re-birth in America.
Mr. Tarzier is said to have a :
good command of English.
The speaker will go from
Franklin to Highlands, where he
will be heard at the Baptist
church Sunday night at 7:30
o'clock.
r ?
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK* I
Mr. J Lee Barnard has pur
chased one acre of land from
Solicitor G. A. Jones on the
corner at the junctioh of West
Main and Georgia streets and
has commenced laying down
brick preparatory to building a
handsome brick residence. The
price paid for the lot, we learn,
was $300.
We have all varieties ol
weather now in rapid succes
sion.
The grippe iiiu ooiuck Macon
County and the victims find
the old fellow very uncomfort
able
10 YEARS AGO
Statistics released today by
George W. Coan, Jr., state ad
ministrator, North Carolina
Works Progress Administration,
show that 74.9 miles of farm-to
market roads have been com
pleted in Macon County by re
lief workers since the inaugura
tion of the works program 16
months ago.
Members of the senior class
of Franklin High school select
ed the following officers for the
class of 1937: President, Clinton
Brooluhlre; vice-president, John
Crawford; secretary, Ruth Hlf
glns; treasurer, Charles Slagle
Chattering Jeep Is Driven
Into Living Room As Mercury
At Highlands Hits 15 Below
As a sequel to the recent pold
wave, a unique story Is being
told by Col. F. W. Kernan.
French doors in the large liv
ing room of the Kernan home
on Mirror Lake open on to a
terrace, and when the ther
mometer dropped to 15 below
zero, Mrs. Kernan, not relish
ing the thought of being cut
off from the village by .a froz
en Jeep, conceived the idea of
driving said Jeep right into the
living room. The rugs were
turned back, the floor covered
with heavy paper, two by eights
laid /down, and the Jeep rolled
majestically in!
Two short-haired Dobermann
Pinscher dogs also ware brought
in from the barn, after a third
was found frozen to ieath
Col. Kernan said the only rea
son the family did not turn en
tirely primitive and bring in ihe
horse, the cow and the pigs,
was due to the lack of room!
The Weather
High Low
February 6 50 14
February 7 51 29
February 8 39 9
February 9 28 7
February 10 ..... 38 10
February 11 ....... 54 9
February 12 52 29
* Trace
Seger To Be
Heard Here
Twice Friday
The first of four speakers on J
the general theme of interna
tional understanding will be
heard here Friday.
The lecturers, chosen Dy Ro
tary International, are being
brought to Franklin by the local
Rotary club.
This week's speaker is Ger
hart Seger, who escaped from
ei Nazi concentration camp and
came to the United States. He
will address students of the
high school at 1:45 o'clock in
the afternoon, and will be heard
by an adult audience at 7:30
p. m. Both talks will be made
at the Methodist church.
Mr. Seger's topic in the after
noon will be "A Lesson from
Sermany", while he will talk
at night on the subject, "Get
ting Together in Europe".
A former member of the Ger
man Reichstag, Mr. Seger is an
editor, author and lecturer, and
was a witness at the recent
Nuremberg war guilt trials. He
will come to Franklin from ad
dresses in Bryson City Thurs
day.
The other three speakers will
appear here on succeeding Fri
days?February 21, February 28,
and March 7.
Next week's speaker will be
Dr. Leon W. Goflshall, associate
professor of diplomatic history
and international relations at
Lehigh university. His topic
will be "Getting Together in the
Orient".
Tickets for the lectures may
be obtained from any member
of the Franklin Rotary club.
The Mexico club of the
Franklin High school will spon
sor a Valentine dance at the
school Friday evening, Febru
ary 14. Proceeds will go to the
fund the club is raising to take
members on a trip to Mexico
next summer.
FARM TRAINING!
RULES CHANGED
54 Students Maximum Per
Teacher May Result In
Reducing Class Hers
Notice of two important new
regulations relating to veterans
farm training were received
from state headquarters this
week by E. J. Whitmire, Jr.,
vocational agriculture teacher,
who heads the program here.
The first new rule is that no
teacher of agriculture may have
more than 54 veterans under
his supervision at one time. The
Franklin vocational department
now has 120 men in training. ?
In addition, Mr. Whitmire has
supervision of 54 trainees in
Clay county.
In commenting on the regu
lation, Mr. Whitmire said it is
possible that the number now
enrolled, since these men al
ready are in training, may not
be reduced. If the number is
reduced to the required 54, he
said, preference will be given
to those men who have made
progress since enrolling toward
farm ownership and in carry
ing out a recommended farm
program.
The second regulation is that
the only time a veteran may j
enroll for the training is Janu- |
ary and February of each year. I
Since more than the allowed {
number already are in train
ing, it will be January, 1948,
before a new group of men will
be enrolled, Mr. Whitmire said.
At that time, the work of
each group of those in train- ;
ing will be reviewed by Mr.
Whitmire and a representative
of the Veterans Administration j
to determine if the student has
shown enough progress to justi
fy leaving him on the program,
or whether should be drop
ped from the class in order to
give another boy a chance.
Acid Wood Purchases
Halted For Two W celts
Purchase of acid wood was
stopped Monday by the Cham
pion Fiber company ' represen
tative, C. L. Pendergrass, and
the Mead corporation, according
to Mr. Pendergrass. Wood pur
chases will be resumed Febru
ary 24. The reason given for
discontinuance of wood pur
chases for two weeks was vhe
lack of storage space here and
| at Canton, Mr. Pendergrass said
FOOTBALL F
GIVEN 19 BOYS
OF FRANKLIN HI
rive Gir's Also Aware. _i
Ljtlers As Scaool
Cheer Leaders
Nineteen monogram ? "F's"
were awarded to members ol
the Franklin High school fi.jt
ball team Monday night by
Coach William G. (Bill) Craw
ford. The presentation was at
a banquet given the football
squad and cheer leaders by the
Franklin Lions club at Lucille's
dining room.
Five girl cheer leaders also
received letters for their out
standing work in supporting the
team.
Coach Crawford awarded a
large red chenille F to the fol
lowing members of the football
squad: Backs, Capt. Larry Cabe,
Co-Captain Howard Horsley,
Bob Cochran, Tommy Angel,
Keith Warden, Johnny Flana
gan, and Lyman Gregory; cen
ters, Mac Duncan and Earl
Harmon; guards, Harley Stew
art and Bill Brown; tackles,
Neil Mooney, Howard Penland,
Steve McConnell, Louis Welch,
and Kenneth Welch; and ends,
Edgar Angel, Kelly Moses and
Clarence Mason.
The girls who received letters
as cheer leaders are Marjorie
Constance, head cheer leader,
Jane Setser, Lucille Hannah,
Betty Jean Foster, and Dorothy
Raby.
A red felt emblem, represent
ing a panther's head, was given
the following boys: Francis
foooard, Andy Thompson, Jim
Waldroop, Bobby Parrish, John
Alsup, J. B. Snyder, Howard
Reece, Bill Huggins, Boyce
White, Charles Thomas, Ronald
White and Burton Leach.
These boys were substitutes
but did not play the required
number of quarters to receive
letters.
Mrs. Corbin,
84, Succumbs
Funeral services for Mrs.
Martha M. Corbin, who died
Monday, were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Longview Baptist church. The
Rev. George A. Cloer, the Rev.
S. J. McGinnis and the Rev.
James L. Vinson conducted the
services, and burial followed in
Pine Grove cemetery.
Pallbearers were John T. Vin
son, Albert Corbin, Robie Hig
don, Garland Harbin, Sammy
Bryson, Jr., and Sexton Vinson.
Mrs. Corbin, who was 84, died
at the home of hpr daughter,
Mrs. John Angel, Monday at 6
a. m., ?following an illness of
several months. She suffered a
broken hip in a fall several
years ago and had been an in
valid since , that time.
She is survived by four daugh
ters, Mrs. John Angel of Frank
lin, Route 2, Mrs. B. H. Vinson,
of Dillard, Ga., Mrs. L. H. Ittg
don, of Gastonia, and Mrs. Lilly
Rush, of Middlesboro, Ky.; two
sons, O. C. Corbin, of Gneiss,
and J. L. Corbin of Grove, Okla.,
11 grandchildren, and 17 great
grandchildren.
Three Franklin Scouts To Get Life Rank
JOHN ALSUP, JR.
CHARLES THOMAS
FRANK HENRY, III
'me tnree rranmin uojr srouu snown aoove win oe pnraravni to wie ran* ui ui? acuuis
at the court of honor at Whittier tonight (Thursday). Life Scout is the third highest rating
in scouting, and it is unusual for one troop to have three members attain that rank at a
single court. Other members of the local troop who will be given awards tonight include:
Burton Leach, to Star Soout; Kermit De Hart and Jack Reece, to first class; and Claude Mc
Falls, to second class. Jothn M. Archer, III, Charles Baldwin, Allen Cartledge, Duane Cruise,
Jimmy Con Icy, Kermit DeHart, Frank L. Henry, III, Manual Holland, Bob Myers, Howard
Reece, Jack Reece, Jimmy Rogen, Alvin Stiles, Charles Thomas, and BIN Waldroop will be
liven merit badges. The Tenderfoot award will go to Mm Justener, Robert Dowdle, Thomas
1 Mm, ui George Brown.
GEORGE B. PATTON
PATTON SWORN
IN AS JUDGE
Will Hold First Term
Of Supsrior. Court
In Mecklenburg
George B. Patton, 49-year old
Franklin attorney, Tuesday
morning was sworn in as a spe
cial superior court judge. The
oath was administered by Chiei
Justice Walter P. Stacy in Gov.
Cherry's office. Among those
present for the ceremony was
Mrs. Patton.
Judge Patton will go to Char
lotte this week-end for his first
court, a civil term in Mecklen
burg county, which will open
Monday morning.
Gov. Cherry last week ap
pointed the Franklin man and
Paul B. Edmundson, of Golds
boro, as special judges, to meet
an increase in the load of the
courts' Named under authority
of an act of the current legis
lature, they will serve until June
30 of this year, when they must
be reappointed, if they are to
| continue on the bench.
A native, of Macon County, j
Judge Patton was licensed to
practice law in 1923, following
study at the Frapklin High
school and the University of
North Carolina- Since that time,
| he has served two terms as
i mayor of Franklin, as attorney
for the town of Highlands and
for Macon county, and as rep
resentative in the general as
sembly.
He recently served for a year
as chief counsel for the State !
Highway and Public Works com
mission, and formerly was as
sistant attorney general.
In observance of National Boy
Scout week, members of the
Franklin Boy Scout troop pre
sented a program at Wednes
day night's meeting of the Ro
tary club, under the direction
of Scoutmaster John Edwards.
U. S. CUT MAY
FORCE CLOSING
OF LUNCH ROOMS
Schools Hc.o Affected
As Federal Funds
Are Exnaiistcd
Due to the exhaustion of fed
eral funds for lunch room
maintenance, some or all of the
six lunch rooms in the couniy
may be discontinued March 1.
In a letter to school prin
cipals and county superinten
dents, Clyde R. Irwin, state su
perintendent of public instruc
J tion, said that lunch rooms
through the state will not re
ceive their full allotment of
federal money for the month of
March, and will receive no as
| sistance from the federal gov
ernment during the rest of the
school year 1946-47.
During the past year 289,520
hot meals have been served to
j pupils by the 1,233 lunch rooms
operated in this state through
| the aid of federal money. Cost,
of the meal for the studeht has
ranged from 15 to 25 cents in
the various schools. Pupils in
this county pay 15 cents for
type A meals, which consist of
one meat or meat substitute,
two vegetables, desert, and half
a pint of milk. The supplement
of nine cents per meal by the
federal government has enabled
the lunchrooms to serve this
meal at this low cost, it was ex
plained.
Six schools in the county have
participated in the program this
year.
During the month of January,
8,312 meals were served by the
Franklin lunch room, 4,007 at
Otto, 4,240 at Cowee, 2,155 at
Slagle, 2,315 at Otter Creek, and
4,573 at Highlands, making a
total of 25,60'7 meals served in
Macon County during the month
of January.
Principals and lunch room
managers plan to make every
effort to continue this program,
even without the assistance of
federal funds.
Girl Scc4its Will
Give PTA Program;
Mrs. McKee To Talk
Members of the Franklin
troop of the Girl Scouts will
present a program at next
week's meeting of the Franklin
Parent-Teacher association.
Another feature of the meet
ing will be a talk by Mrs. E. L.
McKee, of Sylva, who had been
scheduled to appear at last
month's meeting, but was ill at
the time.
The meeting will be held at
7:30 o'clock Monday night at
the school.
Teachers Here, After 3-Hour
Debate, Vote To Back NCEA
Plan For Teachers' Salaries
After three hours of spirited
debate, Macon County members
of the North Caroling Educa
tion last Saturday voted to in
dorse the NCEA teacher salary
increase program.
While a large majority of the
37 teachers present backed the
association's plan, there was
forceful support of the South
Piedmont proposal for larger
salary increases.
The vote was taken oh a mo
tion made by Mrs. T. J. O'Neil,
following a lengthy discussion }
concerning the relative merits
j of various proposals, including
j those of the United Forces for
! Education an1 the South Pied
mont plan, and carried by over
whelming majority, but over
spirited opposition led by Miss
Nora Moody, who favored in
dorsement of the South Pi
[ mont plan.
Mrs. Hunter opened the meet- I
ing by stating the purpose of
j the gathering and asking th&t
all feel free to give their op
inions.
Mrs. Hunter then Introduced
O. L. Houk, county superinten
dent of schools, who had Just
returned from a trip to Raleigh
and asked to give the group
what information he might have
concerning the matter of legis
lation on teachers' salaries.
Mr. Houk explained the bonus
that recently was granted teach
ers, along with other state em
ployes, and pointed out that this
pay Increase does not extend
beyond the present fiscal year,
which endi June 30. ,
Mr. Houk outlined the pro
posed legislation which is be
fore the general assembly and
has the endorsement of the
NCEA and the United Forces for
Education, explaining . that it
would give the average teacher
a salary increase of approxi
mately $500 annually. He also
touched briefly on the South
Piedmont plan.
J. J. Mann, 'legislative chair
man of the local unit, advised
the group to work to obtain
permanent benefits and added
that he felt that the teachers
should work in harmony with
their state organization.
The floor then was thrown
open for general discussion and
Miss Moody, in a forceful talk,
asked, the group to support the
South Piedmont plan.
M'ss M'-odv minted out that
under present conditions it is
extremely difficult for county
teachers, who, many cases,
live at home, to make ends
meet. She asked the group to
consider the plight of the teach
er who lived in a city and
must pay all her living ex
penses at the high cost of liv
ing that exists in cities today.
Miss Moody said that she felt
that the leaders of the South
Piedmont group should be com
mended because without their
vigorous support the teachers
possibly might have received no
salary increase.
Following this discussion, the
motion was carried that the
Macon unit Indorse the program
advocated by the state assocla
I Uon.
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