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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. LXII? NO. 37
FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY. SEPT. 11, 1947
$2.00 PER YEAR
3,775 ENROLLED
TO DATE IN 23
MACON SCHOOLS
Total Ahead Of Last
Year; 60 Per Cent
In Four Schools
Enrollment In Macon County's
23 public schools totaled 3,775 at
the end of last week, County
Supt. Ouy L. Houk announced
Tuesday.
The total is approximately 175
greater than this time last year,
Mr. Houk said.
The enrollment of 1,164 in the
Franklin consolidated school
represents 30 pey cent, or al
most one-third, of the total
numbef of children in school in
the county.
The four larger schools ?
Franklin, Highlands, Cowee, and
Otto ? have a total (enrollment of
2.299, or 60 per cent of the
number enrolled in the entire
county.
The figures by schools (ap
proximations in one or two in
stances) follow:
Franklin, 1,164; Highlands.
408; Cowee, 367; Otto, 360; Ot
ter Creek, 218; Slagle, 202; Kyle,
132; Iotla, 129; Union, 107;
Higdonville, 106; Pine Grove, 83;
Salem, 72; Holly Springs, 61;
Watauga, 54; Scaly, 54; Oak
Ridge, 41; Clark's Chapel, 38;
Burningtown, 36; Oakdale, 32;
Mashburn's, 20; Mountain Grove,
17; Allison-Watts, 15; and
ChapqJ (Negro), 81.
Of the 81 enrolled in the Ne
gro school, 77 are elementary
and four are high school stu
dents.
Here For His First
Visit In 28 Years
Henry C. Shields, of Salem,
Oregon is visiting his brother,
Charlie Shields, and other rela
tives in Franklin. This is Mr.
Shields' first visit -to Franklin
in 28 years. Charlie Shields al
so has had as his guests an
other brother, Frank Shields, of
Miami, Fla., and his sister, Mrs.
Sallie Alloway, of Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
A party consisting of Messrs
W. R. Johnston, John Trotter,
R. L. Davis, F. L. Siler, E. L.
Addington, and Misses Mary and
Margie Hood, Ida Bohanon,
Nannie Trotter, Beulah Alford,
Rev. Jesse W. Siler and family,
and Mrs. Mattie Sloan and
children left yesterdtfy to storm
Highlands for a day or two.
There was a rather novel team
from Tesenta in town Saturday.
It was composed of two heifers
and two young steers and
brought & load of locust pins to
the pin factory.
Wade Crawford, Lewis Elias,
and Miss Isabel Elias left Mon
day to enter Trinity college.
25 Y HA US AGO
The fire department answered
a hurry call Tuesday morning
to the home of Mrs. A. S. Bry
son on East Main Street. The
cclllng over the kitchen had
caught fire from a defective
flue, but by prompt work on
the part of those in the house
at the time, the fire was extin
guished before the department
reached the scene and what
might have been a disastrous
fire. ' |
10 YEARS AGO
A group of friends entertain
ed at a dinner party at the
Tavern, followed by a theatre
party Thursday evening, honor
ing Miss Helen Patlon, who re
signed from the Franklin high
school faculty to teach art in
the city schools at Durham.
Miss Patton left Saturday for
Durham. Those attending were
Miss Patton, the honoree, Mrs.
Truman Moody, Mrs. Joyce
Cagle, Mrs. Lee Guffey, Mrs.
Hoyt Williams, Mrs.. J. C. Bar
rlnRton, Mrs. Pearl Hunter, Mrs
Elolse Franks, Mrs. Helen Ma
con, Miss Jennie Gilliam, Miss
Mayberyl Moody, Miss Rose
Rogers, Miss Nora Moody, Mls.<
Ruth Slagle, Miss Margaret
Slagle. Miss Katherlne Porter
MUa Frances McNeil, Miss AnnU
Mu? Joeephlne Weaver
*nd Ml* Chandler.
ELLIS D. FYSAL
Mr. Fysal, Red Cross field
worker, will conduct a course
for instructors in first aid here,
1 starting September 22.
PLAN CLASSES
I IN FIRST AID
Red Cross Instructors'
Course Will Start
September 22
Ellis D. Fysal, former Uni
versity of North Carolina foot
ball star and veteran Ameri
1 can Red Cross field worker, will
I conduct a first aid instructors'
course here from September 22
through October 3, under the
sponsorship of the local chap
ter of the Red Cross.
| The course will offer 30 hours'
instruction in first aid and In
accident prevention.
Mr. Fysal, who is well known
[by a number of persons in this
county, has served iri the Red
Cross since 1927. During World
War 2, he spent eight months
in Hawaii and Okinawa, train
ing members of the armed
forces in water safety and first
aid. A graduate of the Univer
sity of North Carolina with an
A. B degree, he has had a wide
variety of experience in giv
ing' first aid instruction.
Persons who desire to take the
course are asked to contact Mrs.
Mary Jo Sloan at the Red Cross
office here at the earliest date
possible. ,
Mrs. Sloan said that special
plans will be made to take care
of groups from organizations or
companies which desire to enroll
their members or workers for
the course. She asked that re
presentatives of any organiza
tion desiring to enroll a class
notify her so that she can dis
cuss with them the possibility
of arranging a special schedule
for such group or groups.
Mrs. Houston
Claimed By Death At Age
Of 81; Rites Saturday
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Houston,
81, widow of J. W. Houston,
died at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Fred Lowe, Franklin,
Route 3, last Thursday at 7:30
p. m., following a long illness.
Funeral services' were held for
this Macon County native at the
Iotla Baptist church, of which
she was a member, at 11 o'clock
Saturday morning, with the Rev.
Norman E. Holden and the Rev.
Arvil Swafford conducting the
service. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are six daughters,
Mrs. W. D. Welch, Mrs. Rebecca
lloper, Mrs. Charles Downs, Mrs.
Etta Lowe, Mrs. Ellen Holden,
and Mrs. John Hughes, all of
Franklin, Route 3; two sons,
Norman Houston, of Franklin,
Route 3, and Oraden Houston,
of Brevard; four half-brothers,
James R., and Will Holbrooks,
of Franklin, and Frank and
Larken Holbrooks, of Candler;
two half-sisters, Mrs. Maggie
Henson, of Henderson county,
I and Mrs. Frank Duckett, of
' Candler; and 33 grandchildren
1 and 31 great-grandchildren.
I Potts funeral home was in
charge of the funeral arrange
ments.
i
Dryman Chapel Plans
Home Coming Program
The Dryman Chapel Metho
, ! dist church will hold a home
coming program Sunday. Sing
i lng is on the morning program,
! according to the pastor, the Rev.
i C. N. Allen, and the fourth
; Quarterly conference will follow
, the picnic lunch. Dr. Walter B
[ West, district superintendent
, will preside at tl^e conference
which will open at 3:30 o'clock.
J. H. THOMAS.
WIDELY KNOWN
CITIZEN. DIES
Funeral For Former
Merchant Held
? Tuesday
John Henry Thomas, 76, died
at his home on Iotla street here
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Thomas, who was widely
known and respected, had been
in poor health since 1937, when
he suffered a stroke. He had
been confined to his home most
of the time for the past six
months.
Throughout his life, Mr.
Thomas was active in commun
ity affairs, and, as a merchant
here from 1895 to 1920, became
widely known throughout the
county. At one time he operat
j ed a store on the site of the
\ present S & L 5 and 10 Cent
1 store, while for many years his
store, about where Stewart's
service station now is, was the
1 rendevous of school children in
early tall, since Mr. Thomas
handled school books as well as
general merchandise. For a year
or two in the early 1920's "Mr.
Thomas operated a commercial
brick kiln where the Franklin
airport is now situated.
He served one term as Frank
in election registrar.
He was a member of Junalus
kee lodge, A F. and A. M., of
the I. O. O. F., and of the Jun
ior Order. In early life, he was
? member of the Hickory Knoll
and Clark's .Chapel Methodist
churches, but- later transferred
bis membership to the Franklin
church.
Born in Rabun county, Ga.,
he came to this county at the
age of six. In 1895 he married
Miss Lily Scroggs, of Rabun
county, who survives.
Survivors, In addition to his '
widow, include three daughters, I
Mrs. J. D. Chandler, of Frank
lin, Mrs. G. A. Reynolds, of
Long Island, N. Y., and Mrs. W.
W. Scott, of New York City; two
sons, Jess D. and Harry THom
as, both of Franklin; two/sist-j
c-rs, Mrs. George E. Bryson, of
the State of Washington, and ;
Mrs. S. C. Watkins, of Daytona I
Beach, Fla.; two brothers, Meeks
and Sam Thomas, both of the
State of Washington; and 10
grandchildren, and seven great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the Franklin Methodist church
Tuesday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock, with the pastor, the Rev.
W. Jackson Huneycutt, conduct
ing the service. Members of the
local Masonic lodge were in
charge of the graveside rites, at
the Franklin cemetery.
The pallbearers, all Masons,
were Prelo Dryman, Fred Moore,
I. T. Peek, Bill Bryant, Rufus
Snyder, and J. B. Pendergrass.
Honerary pallbearers were
George Dalrymple, Alex Moore,
Walter McConnell, H. H. Mash
burn, T. W. Porter, and Claude
Calloway. '
Arrangements were under the
direction of Bryant funeral
home.
Local Nine
Swamps Sylva
12-6 And 14-4
The Franklin baseball club
continued its torrid pace and
stretched its consecutive win
ning strebk by swamping Sylva
in both games of a double-head
er last Sunday afternoon on the
local diamond. The Scores were
12-6 in the first game, and 14-4
in the second.
Franklin batters continued
their heavy stick by collecting
34 hits in the two games.
Price, regular first sacker for
the Franklin, club, was on the
mound for the first game, with
Harley Stewart going the route
In the second.
Otto Manslaughter
Hearing Continued
The case of Mrs. Katherine
Otto, of Miami, charged with
Involuntary manslaughter in
connection with the automobie
death of Sheridan Reid, of
Highlands, September 1, was
I continued for 30 days when it
came before Magistrate John
Moore here Wednesday. The
i ] continuance was at the request
' ' of counsel for both sides. Young
? Mr. Reld died as a result of ln
, Juries received when automobiles
, , driven by him and Mrs. Otto
| collided In Highlands.
Franklin Has Over 2,000
Population, 600 Families,
Telephone Survey Shows
In Franklin and its immedi
ate environs . are 600 occupied
family dwelling units with a
population estimated at 2,160, a
survey recently made by the
Western Telephone company re
vealed.
Franklin's population in 1940,
as shown by the U. S. census,
was 1,249; in .1930, it was 1,094.
The telephone company's pop
plation total was arrived at on
a basis of an estimate of 36
persons per family.
The survey was made, R. E.
McKelvey, general manager of
the telephone company, said,
with a view to planning the
company's expansion program
for the next 10 years. On a
basis of the survey, the firm an
ticipates a 1957 population of
J, 200.
The count of dwelling units
wap made within the. town, and
In a few cases extended a short
distance ? in no instance more
than a quarter of a mile ? be
yond tjie corporate limits. The
survey was made by Mr Mc
Kelvey and W. D. McKee, of
Charlotte, Southern Bell special
j ist in making the telephone sur
veys. < .
Assuming that the family that
! is able to pay a medium or
1 high house rental is the most
j likely potential telephone sub
j scriber, the survey also includ
I ed an estimate of the normal
rental each of the family dwel
ling units counted would bring
in normal times.
The results were:
Sixteen houses or family units
that would rent for from $50
to $100; 53 that would rent for
from $35 to $50; 192 for from
$25 to $35; 216 for from $15 to
$25; and 128 for less than $15
Blow Car Horns To
Drown Preacher's
Loudspeaker; Held
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Wick
were arrested in Highlands
September 2 on a charge of
disturbing public worship.
The case grew out of their
blowing the horns on two
automobiles in an alleged
effort to drown out an elec
tric amplifying system over
which a traveling preacher
was preaching, on Highr
lands' Main street. The
Wicks first requested the
authorities to stop use bf
the loudspeaker. When it
continued in use, they start
ed their horn-blowing.
Mr. and Mrs. Wick, bound
to the December term of su
perior court, were released
on bonds of $50 each.
The warrant for their ar
rest was signed by Jim
Hicks, of Highlands, and
served by Highway Patrol
man Pritchard Smith. Jr.
Start Check
Of Pumps In
Town Wells
Work of checking the pumps
in Franklin's municipal wells
got under way Tuesday.
The board of aldermen, at its
meeting last week, decided to
have the pumps checked to de
termine if they are worn or
otherwise in poor condition, and
not pumping all. the water
available in the wells.
The Nantahala Power and
Light company volunteered to
make the checks without charge,
and work began at the well near
the Nantahala creamery, on
West Main street, Tuesday.
In order to check the effi
ciency of a pump, it was ex
plained, ft is necessary to take
out the pipe that leads from
the surface of the ground to the
bottom of the well, as well as
the pump, which is installed at
the bottom of the well.
Only one pump will be check
ed at a time, so as not to inter
fere too seriously with the
water supply. Meanwhile, the
pump at the creek just west of
town will be used to supplement
the supply from the two wells
that are in operation.
Barnes Youth Taken
By Death At Home
In Buck Creek Area
Allen Bunyan Barnes, 20, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
Barnes, died at his home in the
Buck Creek section last Satur
day afternoon. Young Mr. Barnes
had been ill for only a brief
time.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the Buck Creek Baptist
church with the Rev. Wiley Mc
Call officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
Surviving, in addition to the
parents, are one brother, Charles
H. Barnes, Jr., of Highlands; one
sister, Mrs. Elsie May Rice, of
Greenwood, S. C.; one half-sis
ter, Mrs. Reda Loftis, of Geor
gia; one half-brother, Radford
Barnes, of Central, S. C.; and
the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bunyan Miller of Highlands.
Funeral arrangements were
, under the direction ol Bryant
I funeral home,
GRID SEASON
OPENS FRIDAY
Franklin Panthers Will
Meet Murphy High
Here T omorrow
The local football season will
open Friday night when the j
Franklin Panthers play thej
Murphy high team here. The
game will start at 7:30 p. m.
The tentative line up, subject
to change, announced by
Coaches Crawford and Plyler is
as follows:
LE ? Angel, Edgar; LT ? Moon
ey, Neil; LG ? Leopard, Francis;
C? Stewart, Harley; RG ? Brown,
Bill; RT ? Welch, Lewis; RE ?
Moses, Kelley; QB.-- Henry, Frank j
L.; RHB ? Harmon, Earl; LHB ? j
Mason, "Shorty"; FB ? Cabe, I
Larry. ?
Both coaches commented that
the entire squad would probab
ly see action in this opening
game.
Scheduled for the remainder
of the season was announced as
follows: September 26, Hayes
ville, here; October 3, Sylva,
here; October 10, Bryson City,
there; October 17, open; Octob
er 24, Robbinsville, here; Oc
tober 31, Sylva, there; Novemb
er 7, Cornelia, there; Novem
ber 14, open; November 21, An
drews, there; and November 27,
Clarkesville, here.
P. T. A.
To Hear Houk, Finley At
Meet Monday
Guy L. Houk, county superin
tendent of schools, and W. H.
Finley, principal of the Frank
lin school, will make talks at
the meeting of the Franklin
Parent-Teacher association next
Monday evening at 8' o'clock.
The theme of the meeting, the
first of the 1947-48 school year,
will be "Why You Are Needed
in P. T. A."
Mrs. Weimar Jones, associa- '
tion president, will appoint '
chairmen 6f standing commit- 1
tees for the year, and delegates
will be chosen to the district
P. T. A. conference to be held
in Sylva September 25. j
Following the program, a tea
will be held, honoring the
teachers.
150 Attend
District Lions Dinner
And Dance
More than 150 Lions and
Lionesses from the Franklin,
Bryson City and Sylva clubs
gathered at Arrowood Glade
Monday night to enjoy a bar
becue supper, with the Frank
lin club as hosts.
Following the supper, a dance
was held at the Slagle memorial
building in honor of the visit
ing Lions and their wives.
The next district meeting will
be held at Bryson City, it was
announced by President R. R.
Oalnes of the Franklin club.
ATTENDING MEET
Carl Tysinger, chief, and Reid
Womack, a member, of the
Franklin Fire department are
among the approximately 600
firemen attending the 60th con
vention of the North Carolina
State Firemen's association,
which opened Monday at At
lantic Beach. They are expected
to return to FranUln Thursday,
3 BOY SCOUTS
HERE TO GET
EAGLEAWARDS
Mothers To Pin Badges
Oh Sons At Honor
Court Tonight
Mothers of three Franklin
Boy Scouts will pin Eagle Scout
badges on their sons at the
Smoky Mountain district court
of honor, to be held at Slagle
Memorial tonight (Thursday) at
7:30 o'clock.
The th?ee members of Frank
] lln Troop 1 who will receive the
award of Eagle Scout, the high
est given in scouting, are Frank
j L. Henry, III, 14, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank L. Henry, Jr.,
Charles Thomas, 14, son of Mi. -
and Mrs. Harry Thomas, and
j John Alsup, II, 15, son of Mr.
I and Mrs. John Alsup.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan,
past district chairman, will pre
sent the badges to the boys'
mothers, who, in turn, will pin
them on their sons.
This is the second time in the
history of scouting in Franklin
that three boys have appeared
before a court of honor to be
given this high rank. Tonight's
promotions will bring to 16 the
number of boys from the
Franklin troop to become Eagle
Scouts.
Hugh Monteith, district chair
man, will preside, and the hon
or court will be composed of
Scouters from the Smoky Moun
tain council.
Bobby Myers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Myers, of Frank
lin, Route 2, will be awarded the
Star Scout badge for navmg
passed successfully nine merit
badge tests.
Twelve Franklin scouts will be
awarded merit badges, They are :
Dan Angel, John Archer, III,
Kenneth Carpenter, Allen Cart
ledge, Mannual Holland, Rich
ard Jones, Burton Leach, Claude
McFalls, Russell McKelvey, Jr.,
Howard Patton, Jack Repse, and
Bobby Tysinger.
First class badges will be
awarded to Claude McFalls,
Kenneth Carpenter, Alvin Stiles,
and Howard Patton.
Jack Reece will appear before
the examining board for the
rank of Star Scout and Burton
Leach will be examined foi; Life
Scout.
The public is invited to attend
the court of 'honor, which will
be one of the largest, in number
and rank of promotions, ever
held here.
Feed
Situation Serious, Agent
Warns
The feed situation is becom
ing more serious each day, S. W.
Mendenhall, county agent, warn
ed Wednesday, adding that Ma
con County farmers face a sit
uation which demands that they
produce as much of their feed
as possible.
Mr. Mendenhall recommends
that farmers:
Seed winter oats for grain
and hay.
Cut their feed bill for dairy
cattle, beef cattle, poultry, and
hogs by planting any green crop
for grazing.
Cull out and sell all unprofit- .
able animal^ and poultry.
Feed mills depend on Western
corn to make practically all
mixed feeds, the county agent
pointed out, and the corn crop
in the West is considerably,
smaller than last year. That
means that dairy, poultry, and
other mixed feeds will be higher
and harder to get.
Mr. Mendenhall recommends
the Letoria winter oat, since he
says it will live through the
winters here, if seeded with a
drill and at least 400 pounds
cf highgrade fertilizer per acre
is used.
A mixture of two bushels oats,
two bushels barley, one bushel of
wheat, and 20 pounds of ino
culated vetch, cross-seeded with
a drill using 400 pounds of high
grade fertilizer per acre, will
furnish excellent grazing, also
an early hay crop, he added.
A mixture of 40 pounds of rye
grass and IS pounds of crimson
clover, seeded now, using 400
pounds of high grade fertilizer,
j will furnish excellent grazing
Rye grass may be obtained
through the AAA office.
Rye seeded four bushels per .
acre, using 400 pounds of high
grade fertilizer, will also furnish
excellent grazing.