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FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1947
$2.00 PER YEAR
LITTLE SYMPHONY TO PLAY HERE FRIDAY-^The North Carolina Little Symphony or
chestra, shown above, will jive two concerts here tomorrow (Friday). This photo was made when
the orchestra gave a performance for members of the general assembly in Raleigh. Dr. Ben
jamin Swalin, the director, is shown (hands upraised) at the right.
Clinics
Far Pre- School Children
Are Being Held
A schedule of pre-school
clinics to be held this month
was announced this week by
Mrs. Josephine Gaines, county
health nurse.
Next Wednesday clinics will
be held at the Cowee school
at 9 a. m. and at the Iotla
school at l;30 p. m. Clinics
were conducted at Slagle and
Chapel schools Thursday. The
schedule for April will be an
nounced later, Mrs. Gaines said.
Every child entering school
for the first time is required by
state law to present a certifi
cate, Mrs. Gaines pointed out,
showing that he or she has
been immunized against diph
theria, whooping cough, and
smallpox.
Tipton Leaving
Forest Post To
Enter Business
J. E. Tipton, forest engineer
for the Nantahala National for
est here for nearly a year, has
resigned, effective April 1, to
enter private business, it was
announced this week
He will be succeeded by A. R.
Kinney, who will be transfer
red from the Atlanta regional
office, E. W. Renshaw, forest
supervisor said. Mr. Kinney is
here this week working in the
forest with Mr. Tipton, and wil]
return to Franklin a little later
to assume his new duties.
Mr Tipton goes from here to
Elizabethton, Tenn., where he
plans *to enter the construction
business. His family has re
mained in Elizabethton during
his assignment here, due to his
liability to find housing in
Franklin. .
Plan Nursery And
Junior Choir At
Methodist Church
Plans for operation of a nur
sery during the morning service
and for organization of a Junior
choir were announced 8unday
at the Franklin Methodist
church.
Mrs T. W. Porter and Miss
Annie Bailey will be in charge
of the nursery, the purpose of
which is to care for small chil
dren during the 11 o'clock serv
ice so that parents can attend
the service. Two ladles will be
In attendance each Sunday to
care for the children. It was ex
plained
The Junior choir is to be or
ganized by Mrs Louis Manning.
Fourth Sunday Sing To Be
Held At Watauga Baptist
The Fourth Sunday Singing
convention will be held at the
Watauga Baptist church Sunday
ifternoon at 1:30 o'clock, it has
been announced by Prltchard
Russell, president. Officers for
the coming year will be elected.
All singers and others interest
ed are invited.
Representative Herbert A. Mc
Olamery spent the week-end
here visiting his family and
conferring with conjtltuUnts,
Pick Jurors
For April
Court Term
The jury list for (the April
term of superior court was
drawn by the board of county
commissioners Monday. ' 4
The court term, at Myhicfr loth
criminal and civil caSes wli be
tried, will open Monday, mjrn- {
ing, April 14, with Judge Wil
liam H. Bobbitt, of Charlotte,
presiding.
The new solicitor i for the
twentieth district, Dah K.
Moore, of Sylva, will j prosecute
the docket. It will] be , Mr.
Moore's first court here |n'* the
capacity of solicitor.
The 36 jurors for -the first
week ? from which list the gmnd
jury will be named ? ait as fol
lows: . J li
J. L. Cabe, of Franklin, Route
2, Robert Ledbetter, oL Route 2,
J. A. McCoy, Gneiss, IK A. Led
ford. Route 3, S. Wm Bowers,
Gneiss, D. J. Baldwin .feoute 3,
Frank Raby, Route B, : Mark
Haney, Kyle, Joe Angl, Culla
saja. H. S. Talley, Highlands,
Manson L. Stiles, Franklin, J. E.
Hicks, Highlands, Ervin Brad- 1
ley. Otto, Dennis Ghor nerly, !
Route 3, T. L. Williamson, Route
1, G. R. McConnell, High lands,
S. L. Calloway, Highlands, W.
Raymond Sanders, Prentiss, A.
M. Morgan, Flats, J. M. rfmory,
Route 1, A. R Higdon, Franklin,
Edd Odell, Route 4, J. C. Brown,
Dillard, Ga , Route 1, Frank
Johnson, Route 1, Osborn
Younce, Kyle, Arthur Drake,
Route 3, W. E. Hodgin, Prentiss,
Fred Lowe, West's Mill, Sam
Bryson, Jr., Cullasaja, J. L.
Sanders. Prentiss, Norman
Reece, Highlands, E. P. Moffitt,
Route 2, Harley Ramsey, Tellico,
David A. McCall, Highlands, C.
E. Williamson, Route 1, and H.
R Penland, Route 2.
Jurors drawn for the second,
week are:
Burlin Duvall, Franklin, W. A.
Justice, Route 2, T. T. Vinson,
Scaly, J. M. Raby, Route Uw.
R. Bradley. Etna. Beulon Pjrk,
Route 3, Harvey. Carnes, Stfles.
Henry Waldroop, Route 1, tem
Holland, Gneiss, A. M Wilson,
Highlands. C. W. Parrish, Route
3, Marlon Deal, Route 4, Canton
Henry, Ellijay, Frank Hunni
cutt, Franklin, Dean Masbburn.
Cullasaja. W. F. McDowell, Cul
lasaja, Carl Donaldson, Pren
tiss, and H. C. Miner, Scaly
Red Cross
Within $504) Of County's
Quota Of $2,410
The 1947 Red Cross campaign
in Macon County is within $500
of its quota, it was announced
Thursday by the Rear. C. E.
Parker, fund chairman I
To date, $1,911.39 has been
reported, Mr. Parker Said. The
quota for this county is $2,410.
Thus $498.61 remains to be
raised.
A number of comnAltles,
however, have not report*! and
Mr. Parker urged all workers to
gtt their reports in promptly.
SYMPHONY WILL
BE HEREFRIDAY
Concerts Set For 2:30
And 6:30 At Macon
Theater
The Little Symphony of the
North Carolina Symphony Or
chestra, on a tour of Western
North Carolina, will play here
twice tomorrow (Friday). Both
performances will be at the Ma
con Theatre.
A free program for school
children will be presented at
2:30 in the afternoon, and the
concert for adults is set for 6:30
in the evening,
It was necessary to change
the hour of the afternoon con
cert from 1 to 2:30, due to a
change in the schedule in
Waynesville. A flu epidemic
caused the closing of the Way
nesville schools, and the free
concert that had been scheduled
there for Tuesday afternoon
will be given Friday at 10:30
a. m.
The change to 2:30 here is
! unfortunate, Miss ? Nora Moody,
committee chairman, said, be
cause it will not be possible for
children from rural schools at
attend the concert and get back
to their schools in time to catch
the school busses. She express
ed the hope, however, that as
many children as possible will
attend the concert.
The orchestra, under the di
rection of Dr Benjamin Swalin,
will be i'n Franklin for its sec
ond appearance. It gave two
concerts to capacity audiences
here last spring.
Miss Moody said this week
that the ticket sales have been
somewhat disappointing so far,
but expressed the hope that
the full $750 will be raised.
Ticket sales reported through
Wednesday totaled just under
$300, but some individuals and
organizations had not reported.
Tickets for the evening con
cert are $2 (75 cents for high
school students i. They are on
sale at Perry's drug store. Tick
ets also may be obtained at the
theater lox office, but purchas
ers at the door will be requir
ed to pay the federal tax of 40
cents.
In add lion to members of the
committee, the home economics
class at the high school, the
Girl Scouts, and the Junior
Music club have sold tickets,
the last named organization
having reported sales of more
than $125
The program for the evening
concert has been announced as
follows:
Bach (arr. Kelberine), Chor
ale Prelude, "The Old Year Is
Past"; Mozart, Symphony No.
36, in C Major ("Linz") (K.425I;
Adagio ? allegro spiritoso; Poco
adagio; Menuetto; Presto; Bull,
"The Shepherdess' Sunday";
Kreisler, "'Liebesfreud"; Men
delssohn, Andante, from Violin
Concerto in E Minor, Opus 64;
Bizet, Farandole, from L'Arle
sienne Suite No. 11; Benjamin,
Jamaican Rumba; Strauss, Piz
zicato Polka; Strauss, Waltz:
"Wine, Women, and Song",
Bill Would Require Monthly
Meetings Of School Board;
Local NCEA Endorses Houk
P resent Superintendent
Gets Backing For
Another Term
The Macon County unit of the
North Carolina Education asso
ciation, at a meeting last Fri
day night, went on record as
indorsing Guy L. Houk for an
other two?year term as county
superintendent of schools
The endorsement of the su
perintendent was by a stand
ing vote, taken on motion of
J. J. Mann, principal of the
Otto school.
" Mr. Mann's motion come on
the heels of the election of Mr.
Houk as president of the local
unit for the coming year.
Fifty-five of the county's 105
teachers attended the dinner
meeting, held at Norton's cafe
Mr. Houk was the chief speaker
oi the evening.
"Out Of Order"
Prior to the taking of the
vote on the endorsement of the
superintendent, opposition was
expressed to the unit's taking
action, either pro or con, on the~
proposition. George H. Hill,
Franklin principal, said he felt
it was "out of order" for the
teachers, as a unit, to express
their views on the matter, and
one or two others indicated
their agreement. Mr. Houk, also
protested. '
Mr. Mann, however, insisted
upon the motion's being put,
and O F. Summer, Highlands
principal, in a seconding speech,
declared that it was proper and
fitting. The motion also was
seconded by E. J. Carpenter,
Cowee principal.
Mrs. Pearl Hunter, president,
then put the motion, and an
nounced that it had carried
overwhelmingly, but Mr Houk
suggested that the "neys"
should be taken. No one arose
in opposition.
Text Of Resolution
The resolution read:
"Resolved: That the Macon
County unit of the NCEA go 9n
record as endorsing the present
superintendent, Mr. Houk, for
superintendent for the next
two years, and that a record of
this be sent to the chairman
of the county board of educa
tion and a copy be put in the
minutes."
In the vote for officers, which
was by written ballot, Mr. Houk
defeated Mrs. Pearl Hunter for
the presidency. The nominating
committee had presented both
names. Mrs Hunter asked that
her name be withdrawn, but
Mr. Houk, telling the teachers
that he was not seeking the of
fice, insisted that her name not
be withdrawn. Mr. Houk also
asked that his name be with- |
drawn. t
Other Officers
Other officers elected are:
Mr. Summer, vice-president;
Mrs. Lucy C. Bradley, secretary;
and Mrs. Marie Roper, treasurer.
The nominating committee
was made up of Miss Edna
Jamison, Mrs. Lovicia Moses,
Mrs. Gay Teague, Mrs. Margie
Ramsey, and Mr. Carpenter.
Mr. Houk, in his address, told
the group that the sum spent
in this county for instructional
service has risen from $83,000
in 1936-37 to an estimated
$186,000 for the current year.
The teachers are getting more
than ever before, he said, and
they should do a better job
The key to the educational
problem, he declared, lies in the
quality of the classroom teach
ers.
Favors Delay
Mr. Houk expressed the view
that it would be extremely fool
ish for Macon County to spend
the proceeds of its $400,000
school bond issue for new build
ings now. He favors delay until
the price of materials and labor
comes down, he said.
A feature of the program was
discussion of a report, made by
Miss Nora Moody, Iotla prin
cipal, on the NCEA program for
teacher recruitment
Guests at the meeting were
C. Oordon Moore, Ed Byrd,
Walter Olbson, and Bob S. Sloan,
four of the five members of the
prospective county school board,
and Mrs. Houk, wife of the su
perintendent.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Hoyt Led
ford, of Sevlervllle, Tenn.,
spent the week-end with Mr.
Ledford's mother, Mrs. R. M.
Ledford, on White Oak street,
Speckled Trout
From Hatchery
Released Here
A shipment of six barrels
of speckled trout arrivej
here Tuesday fi<am the state
hatchery at Balsam and
representatives of the State
Department of Conservation
and Development reli ised
them in public streams in
the southern end of the
county.
The fish released Tuesday
are legal site, or "Iceepers",
and will be available to
fishermen this season. Pend
ing the opening of the sea
son, the names of the
streams were not announc
ed.
This week's shipment is
the first of five planned for
release in Macon County
streams this season, it was
said. -
Planting of more fish in
local streams is 'one of the
objectives that have been
agitated by the local Wild
life clubs/C_ _
FREEZER PLANT
PROJECTBEGUN
Excavation Completed,
Foundation Work To
Be Started
Work has started on con
struction of the $40,000 freezer
locker plant to be erected on
West Main street by Franklin
Frozen Foods, Inc.
Ground was broken several
days ago, and excavation work
has now been completed. The
pouring of, concrete for the
foundations will start as soon
as the materials arrive, it was
announced. Orders have been
placed for practically all mate
rials for the structure, it was
added
The 2-story building, to be 40
by 60 feet, will be erected on a
lot just west of the Leach resi
dence, on the south side of
West Main. The property was
bought from Lawrence Liner
and Glenn Ray.
E. J. Whitmire, Jr., Charles
Siler Slagle, and Oscar Ledford
are the incorporators of the
frozen foods firm.
Death Claims
J. L. Baldwin
At Age Of 86
John L. Baldwin, widely
known Macon County farmer
who had lived at the old Bald
win home in the Burningtown
community for more than half
a century, died at his home
early Friday morning of last
week, following a long illness.
He was 86 years of age.
He had spent his entire life
in Macon County. He and Mrs.
Baldwin, the former Miss Allie
Ray, celebrated their sixty-sec
ond wedding anniversary short
ly before her death, in 1944.
Mr. Baldwin was a member of
the Burningtown Baptist church,
where the funeral services were
held Friday afternoon.
Survivors include three sons,
W. E. (Gene) Baldwin, chair
man of the board of county
commissioners, Cecil Baldwin,
who lives at the home place,
and Don Baldwin, of Franklin,
Route 3; four daughters, Mrs.
W. T. Tippett, of Franklin, and
Mrs. Perry Swafford, Mrs. A. J.
Edwards, and Mrs. Gene Jacobs,
all of Franklin, Route 3; one
brother, Dave Baldwin, of
Texas; one sister, Mrs. Frank
Fouts, of Franklin, Route 3; 33
vrandchildren, and 30 great
grandchiWfen\.
The funeral wasv conducted by
the Rev. Normnn E. Holden, and
burial was in the church ceme
tery. '
Pallbearers, all grandsons of
Mr. Baldwin, were Carl Bald
win, Lee Tippett, Robert and
John Edwards, and Carroll and
J. C. Jacobs.
The funeral arrangements
were under the direction of
Bryant funeral home.
Measure By McGlamery
Sets First Mondays
As Meeting Times
A bill requiring Macon Coun
ty's board of education to hold
monthly meetings was introduc
ed in the general assembly to
day (Thursday) by Representa
tive Herbert A. McGlamery.
The bill provides that "the
Board of Education of Macon
County shall meet on the first
Monday of each and every
month in the year in the coun
ty courthouse, and for atten
dance upon each such meeting
shall receive the same per diem
as is now allowed for each
meeting of said board". (The
per diem is fixed by state law
at not to exceed $5, plus five
cents per mile for travel to and
from board meetings i
The bill, Mr. McGlamery said,
was introduced at the request
of a majority of the prospec
tive new boards, as well as
many citizens.
The matter of regular and
frequent meetings of the board
has been one of the school
topics that has been widely dis
cussed here recently.
The state law provides that
all county boards of education
"shall meet the first Monday in
January, April, July and Oc
tober" and that they 'may
elect to hold regular monthly
meetings, and to meet in spe
cial sessions as often as the
school business of the county
may require".
Earlier this week Rep. Mc
Glamery introduced a bill pro
viding that money received by
Macon County from the U. S.
Forest service, in lieu of taxes
on Macon County lands em
braced in the Nantahala Na
tional forest, shall be allocated,
pro rata, to the several county
funds, starting with January 1,
1948.
At present such moneys are
placed in the general fund.
Mr. McGlamery previously has
placed Macon County under the
provisions of a similar bill, now
enacted, for Clay county, but
the earlier bill became effec
tive as of January 1, 1947.
Mr. McGlamery's new measure
would defer the effective date
ol the bill for one year.
Dr. McFall
Talks To P. T. A. On
Building Healtih
Good teeth are the result of
good breeding, of what people
eat, of using the teeth by
chewing with them, and of vis
iting the dentist "early, regu
larly, and often", Dr. Walter T.
McFall, Asheville orthodontist,
told the Franltlin Parent-Teach
er association at its meeting at
the school Monday evening.
Dr. McFall kept his audience
laughing approximately 28 of
the 30 minutes he spoke, sand
wiching serious suggestions on
"Building Health Dividends for
the Future" in between thick
slices of humor
Mrs. C. E. Parker, reporting
the result of a school survey by
her parent education commit
tee, said 682 of the children re
plying to a questionnaire attend
Sunday school, while 128 do not.
The names of those in the lat
ter group have been turned
over to the denominations which
the children listed as their
preferences.
Mrs. S. H. Lyle reported that
the song books for the school
and for use at P. T. A. meet
ings have been ordered.
Mrs. Weimar Jones, the presi
dent, appointed a nominating
committee to present a slate of
officers to the April meeting.
On the committee are a mother,
a teacher, and a father. Mem
bers are Mrs. John M. Archer,
Jr., Mrs. Clinton Johnson, and
R. S Jones; with Principal
George H. Hill as a' member
ex-offlclo.
Mrs. Pearl Hunter's third
grade won the attendance prize.
The devotional was conducted
by the Rev. A Rufus Morgan,
Among those attending were
five guests from Clayton, Ga.,
officers and members of the
P. T. A there.
Following the program, a tea
and social hour was held, under
; the direction of Mrs. F. M. Kll
I Han's hospitality committee.