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\OL LXII? NO. 43
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1M?
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NAME OFFICERS
OF ELEVEN 4-H
CLUBS IN MACON
Ccunty Council To Meet
Saturday To Plan
Year's Work
Officers of the eleven 4-H
clubs In Macon County were
elected at meetings last week.
The officers of the clubs make
up the 4-H County Council, and
it was announced that the
council will meet with the farm
and home agents Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock at the
Agricultural building to plan for
the yearns club work, the coun
ty-wide 4-H program, and the
observance of 4-H Achievement
Day.
Since November marks the be
ginning of a new year in 4-H
work, projects and record books
are to be completed at this
time, it was said, and, the books
turned in to the agent's office
to be checked.
Officers Listed
The new officers of the 11
clubs, announced by Miss Anne
Ray, assistant home agent, fol
lows:
Burningtown club! Jessie Lee
Welch, of Franklin, "Route 3,
president; Laura Jean Huggins,
Route 3, vice-president; Ruth
Edwards, Route 3, secretary
treasurer; Betty Sue Huggins,
Route 3, program chairman;
Jessie Lee Welch, Route 3, song
leader; Laura Jean Huggins,
Route 3i, assistant song leader.
Cowee; Dorothy Medlin, Route
3, president; Nancy Ramsey,
Tellico, vice-president; Ann Lois
Welch, Route 3, secretary-treas
urer; Frankabelle Gibson, Route
3, assistant, secretary-treasurer;
Luetta Browning, Route 3, pro
gram chairman; Loretta Am
nions, Route 3, song leader.
Higdonville: Howard Mincy,
Ellljay, president; Gladys Saun
ders, Cullasaja, vice-president;
Patty Holland, Cullasaja, secre
tary-treasurer; Joe Moses, Cul
lasaja, program chairman; Eliz
abeth Smith, Cullasaja, song
leader; Frances Deal, Cullasaja,
assistant song leader.
- Highlands
Highlands: Patsy Hays, High
lands, president; Katherine
Potts, Highlands, vice-president;
Bobby Potts, Highlands, secre
tary-treasurer; Martha Howard,
Otto, program chairman; Dol
ores Vinson, Scaly, song leader;
Joyce Burnette, Highlands, as
sistant song leader.
Holly Springs: Fred Deal,
Route 4, president; Johnny
Klnsland, Route 4, vice-presi
dent; Mildred Corbln, Route 4,
secretary - treasurer; Mildred
Gregory, Route 4, assistant sec
retary-treasurer; Marolyn Hig
don. Route 4, program chair
man; Mildred Corbln, Route 4,
song leader, Fred Deal, Route 4,
assistant song leader.
Iotla: Carol Lee Hugglns,
Route 3, president; Martha Nell
Penland, Route 3, vice-president;'
Henderson Huggins, Route 3,
secretary- treasurer; Ruby De
Hart, Route 3, assistant secre
tary-treasurer; Lucile Edwards,
Route 3, program chairman;
Palma Fouts, Route 3, assistant
program chairman; Emma Lou
Ramsey, Route 3, song leader,
Flonnle Bell DeHart, Route 3,
assistant song leader.
Other Club*
Nantahala: Anna Laura
Moses, Kyle, president; Dora
Lee Bateman, Flats, vice-presi
dent; Frances Moses, Kyle, sec
retary-treasurer; Louise Owen
by, Flats, program chairman;
Ruth Owenby, Flats, song lead
er; Mildred Haney, Flats, assis
tant song leader.
Otto Junior: Stanley Norris,
Otto, president; Lee Agnes Mc
Klnney, DUlard, Route 1, vice
president; Ray Vinson, Otto,
secretary-treasurer; Otis Brad
ley, Dlllard, Route 1, program
chairman; Jimmy Ayers, Dlllard,
Route 1, song leader; Kenneth
Carpenter, Prentiss, assistant
song leader.
Otto Senior: Leonard Swaf
ford, Route 2, president; Mil
dred Cunningham, Route 2, vice
president; Mildred Brown, Route
2, secretary-treasurer; Marie
Long, Dlllard, Route 1, pro
gram chairman; Lois Slagle,
Dlllard, Route 1, song leader;
Qean Justice, assistant song
leader.
Pine Orove: Carrol Keener,
Gneiss, president; Samuel Hol
land, CuUataJa, vice-president;
Joyce Holland, Gneiss, secre
tary- treasurer; Joyce Holland,
Gneiss, program chairman; WU
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Methodists
To Have Chance To Meet
Brendall At Supper
The monthly congregational
supper of the Methodist church
will be held at the church to
morrow (Friday) night at 6:30
o'clock.
The suppers ordinarily are
held the last Friday night in
the month, but the October
gathering has been moved up
to this week.
Members of the F. S. Johnston
Bible class, who are sponsoring
the supper this month, have
urged that every one who can
attend, as it will afford them
an opportunity to meet the new
minister, the Rev. J. H. Brendall,
Jr. ?
As has been the custom in
the past, the gathering will.be
a "covered dish" supper, with
a .scagram following the supper.
S* ? ? 1
Do You
Remember i . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
SO TEARS AGO THIS WEEK
A rich gold mine has been
discovered on Worser Creek in
Swain county.
Mr. J. P. Angel is getting
lumber on the ground for a new
building to be used as a saddle
and harness shop on a lot re
ently purchased on East Main
street, just east pf E. H. Franks'
new store.
P. S. Johnston and C. T. Roane
went to Waynesville Saturday
to see how the Waynesville
bank was standing the raoket.
Roane withdrew the county
funds, but Johnston let Ills de
posit remain, as he is satisfied
the bank is all safe.
25 TEARS AGO
Mrs. Llllie Penland, who has
been spending some time with
Mrs. Frank Williams, left
Monday for Raleigh, where she
will teach this winter.
Mrs. Caroline Rogers Nolen
died last Sunday night at the
home of her nephew, Mr. C.
Rogers. She was born 84 years
ago and married Riley Nolen
early in life.
10 TEARS AGO
The Rural Electrical Admin
istration has allotted $10,000 for
the construction of 31 miles ol
lines in Rabun county, Oa., And
Macon County. The lines are ex
pected to serve 100 customers in
the specific territory.
, A group of Macon County
men who have been attending
livestock shows in the West re
turned to Franklin Monday
night. In the party were E. J.
Whitmlre, S. W. Mendenhall, W.
E. (Gene) Baldwin, and Carl 8.
Slagle. While away, they at
tended stock shows in Colorado
and Wyoming, and in Kansas
City were present at both the
American Royal Livestock show
and the convention of the Fu
ture Farmers of America.
Harley Henderson, Cullasaja, as
sistant song leader.
Slagle: Rose Mary Huscusson,
Route 1, president; Bruce Craw
ford, Route 1, vice-president;
Kenneth Crawford, Rout* 1,
secretary-treasurer; Selma Rop
er, song leader; Virginia Setser,
Route 1, assistant song leader;
w?jn? Harrison, Route j, pro
gram riwlnnm.
Morgan Heads
Church Group
In Province
The Rev. Rufus Morgan last
weel(. was named chairman of
an important Episcopal church
committee.
At the meeting in Atlanta of
the synod of this province (one
of eight in the United States)
of the church, Mr. Morgan was
chosen chairman of the provin
cial committee on Missions and
church extension.
Mr. Morgan, who is rector of
St. Agnes church in Franklin,
the Church of the Incarnation
in Highlands, and other churches
In this area, already was a
member of the committee, and
at last week's gynodical meet
ing made the committee report.
The meeting, at St. Luke's
church in Atlanta, was held
October 14-16.
County Baptist
S. S. Meet To Be
Held October 26
The Macon County Baptist
Sunday school convention will ,
be held at the Briartown church
Sunday, October ?, at 2:30
p. m., it has been announced by
Sanford Smith, associational
superintendent."
The Rev. W. L. Sorrels will
be the chief speaker.
Other features of the program :
will include two discussions,
music, led by Fred Corbin, and ?
the devotional, to be conducted '
by the Rev, T. A. Slagle. i
Mrs. Fred Corbin will lead a :
discussion on the topic, "Your :
Best for the Last", and Clyde
O. Morgan will discuss "Exten
sion Work a Home Mission '
Task". 1
Mrs. Potts In Raleigh
For Welfare Institute
I
Mrs. Eloise H. Potts, superin
tendent of the Macon County '
Department' of Public Welfare, i
is attending the twenty-eighth i
annual Public Welfare Institute, '
which is being held in Raleigh i
this week. I
4PPLEYS SELL
THE DUGOUT'.
HOME PROPERTY
Mrs. Potts Buys Dance
Place, McFarlands
Residence
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Appley re
cently have disposed of all their
real estate holdings in High
lands.
The properties, sold in two
recent deals, consist of the Ap
pley residence and five guest
cottages, situated on the Wal
halla road, and "The Dugout",
popular dining and dan^ng
place on the Franklin-Highlands
highway.
The Dugout was purchased by
Mrs. Charles Potts, of High
lands, for an undisclosed
amount. Plans with reference to
the future operations of the
establishment have not been
announced.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McFar
land, of Reserve, La., bought the
Appley residence and "cottages
and plan to continue to operate
the property as in the past.
Stamps on the deed in the
latter transaction indicate a
consideration of approximately
$36,500.
Mr. and Mrs. Appley are
leaving Highlands, it was learn
ed.
Auditor Praises
Condition Of This
County's Finances
A letter commending the man
ner in which the board of
county commissioners have
handled the affairs of Macon
County was recently received by
Chairman W. E. (Gene) Bald
win. The letter was from R. C.
Birmingham, who recently made
an audit of the county records.
The letter, addressed to Mr.
Baldwin, read: "I have forward
ed the Macon County audit re
port to County Accountant
(Lake V. Shope.) For your per
sonal use, I am enclosing you
a copy of this report.
Macon County is in mighty
good shape and you deserve a
lot of credit for your fine ad
ministration. The same is also
true of the other two commis
sioners."
Drain Installed
To Handle 'Lake'
At Foot Of Hill
Moorists driving west on Main
street during the rainy season
will not be faced any longer
with navigating the small lake
which has generally existed
during such times In the vicin
ity of the Frank I. Murray and
R. S. Jones residences.
A tile drain sufficiently large
to take care of the surface
water accumulating here is be
ing installed by town workmen
this week. This water will be
carried into a drain ditch, which
empties into the "Frogtown"
branch.
Town officials have said that
they feel sure that the installa
tion of this new drain will take
:are of this accumulated surface
mater ? hence no longer the
navigation problem for west end
frankllnites.
700 See Franklin Defeat
Asheville iJ' Team 26-0
Before more than 700 school
children and a fair-sized crowd
of adults, some of whom were
seeing their first football game,
the Franklin Panthers ran
roughshod over the Ashevllle
Maroons' "B" squad to gain a
well earned 26-0 victory on the
local field last Thursday after
noon.
Franklin gained the lead on
the third play of the game when
Lyman Gregory ran 60 yards for
the first touchdown. Oregory
literally outran the Maroon
eleven on this play. Mason scor
ed the extra point on a line
play.
The Panthers struck again in
the first quarter when Mason
scored on a 25-yard jaunt.
During the remainder of the
first half, the two teams battled
on fairly even term*. Franklin
threatened to score once more,
but a fumble by Cabe, which
Ashevllle recovered on the vis
itors' five-yard line, stopped the
drive.
Leading II to 0 at the start
of the second half, Franklin
W9M4 two mon towMoviu in
the third quarter, and one ex
tra point to put the game on
Ice. Cabe scored both touch
downs In the second half, and
Henry made the extra point on
a line buck.
The fourth quarter was score
less, with coach Plyler sending
in numerous substitutes for the
Franklin eleven.
Ashevllle showed a scrappy,
hard playing but inexperienced
eleven. Lack of weight in the
line also told against this Ma
roon "B" squad.
The entire Franklin first
string backfleld showed up well
in this game and the play of
Harley Stewart In the line was
outstanding for the local eleven.
Since hundreds of the chil
dren who attend the consolidat
ed school here are transported
by bus and thus must leave the
school In mid-afternoon, many
of them rarely If ever have an
opportunity to be in town at
night for a football game. With
thle in view, last week's game
wu held la the Afternoon to
permit tb?M pupil i attend.
Cat Come* In With
Not One, But Two
Chipmunk* In Mouth
"If Ray Moses has the
champion potato," Mr. and
Mrs. Weimer Cochran, of
Flats, this week wrote The
Press, "we have the cham
pion cat".
Mr. and Mrs. Cochran
were referrinf to huge Irish
potato crown by Mr. Moses
which, on display in the
window at The Press office,
has attracted much atten
tion.
Here's the story about the
Cochrans' cat, "Sallie",
- "On Sunday, October 19,
our old family pet, Sallie,
brought in two chipmunks
in her mouth at one time".
"You see mass production
has reached the cat."
Unfortunately, the chip
munks cannot be displayed
at The Press. As Mr. and
Mrs. Oochran explained:
"The kittens ate the chip
munks, or you would have
them in your window".
WORK BEGUN ON
TWO BUILDINGS
Business Structures
Going Up Qn Main,
Palmer Streets
.
Construction of two new
buildings in the business sec
tion of Franklin was started
this week.
W. C. Burrell, local automobile
dealer, is constructing a new
building on the north side of
East Main stree^. near the Ma
con Theatre. The new building,
which will be approximately 100
feet by 25 feet, is planned as a
two-story affair with a base
ment. The building is to be con
structed of brick and tile. Mr.
Burrell said that at present he
had no definite plans for the
use of the building.
An addition to Cagle's cafe,
on Palmer street, was begun
this week. Present plans call for
the addition to be constructed
of material similar to the pres
ent building, and it is designed
to furnish additional seating ca
pacity for the recently built
cafe, according to A. O. Cagle.
Accident Is Fatal
To Jesse M. Roper,
Former Macon Man
Jesse M. Roper, 78, former
Macon resident, who had spent
the latter part of his life in
Asheville, was fatally Injured
Sunday in an automobile acci
dent in Biltmore. Death, which
occurred in an Asheville hos
pital, was the result of brain
concussion, according to Dr. P.
R. Terry, Buncombe county
coroner.
Mr. Roper, a shoemaker by
trade, had lived in Asheville for
the past 35 years. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Annie Rob
inson Roper; four daughters,
Mrs. Eva Justice, of Hazelwood,
Mrs. Elsie Anderson, of Rob
binsville, Mrs. Jennie Stalcup,
of Bryson City, and Mrs. Leila
McLaln of Virginia; two sons,
Oordon and Frank Roper, both
of Asheville; a step-son, Claud
B. Robinson, of Asheville, two
step-daughters, Mrs. Mamie
Souther, of Fletcher, and Mrs.
Fannie Reeves, of Hopewell, Va.;
and three brothers, C. R. and
Lon Roper, both of Franklin,
and Sim Roper, of Andrews.
To Bring Down Deer,
Shoot Him In Heart?
Wrong, Saya Expert
"It you want to drop a deer
in his tracks, forget that time
honored heart shot and hit him
In the neck."
That's the advice John S.
Rose, the National Rifle asso
ciation's conservation expert,
gives the nation's 11,000,000
hunters in The American Rifle
man, based on the results of a
six-month study of the business
of deer killing.
"Then," quoting Rose again,
"if you miss your lead and the
bullet lands a couple of feet
back of where you wanted It,
you can still count on a very
dead deer somewhere In the im
mediate vicinity, or at least a
deer that won't run Into the
middle of the next county."
Rose, In his article, "Stop
That Buck," presents facts bas
ed on over 5,000 deer kills and
attempts to provs that "the
Ideas of the vast majority of
United States hunters on where
to hit a deer to bring him down
in vtr oft tan.'"
URGES FAMILY
LIFE COURSE IN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Dr. Mildred Morgan Is
Heard At Meeting
Of P. T. A.
Approximately 85 parents and
teachers Monday night heard
Dr. Mildred I. Morgan, of Ashe
ville, speaking at the monthly
meeting of the Franklin Par
ent-Teacher association, recom
mend that courses In family re
lations be taught in the public
fchools.
Dr. Morgan is coordinator of
family life for the city schools
of Asheville and state P. T. A.
social hygiene chairman.
Speaking on the topic, "Pre
paring our Young People for
Better Family Living", Dr. Mor
gan pointed out that, though
successful family living affects
Individual lives more than any
other one thing, very few
schools today offer instruction
to help young people to adjust
themselves to face this intricate
problem. Such subjects as Eng
lish and mathematics, on the
other hand, are required.
Divorce rate statistics which
show that today one out of
every three marriages ends in
divorce, and that the present
rate of increase in divorce will
make the ratio one out of two
by 1960, were cited by the
speaker as illustrating the vital
need for courses in the schools
to help prepare young people
for marriage. They should be
courses, Dr. Morgan explained,
not merely in sex, but in all
the factors that go into the re
lations of one human being with
another.
Such courses are offered in
many colleges, she pointed out,
but, she added, only one high
school graduate out of 10 erer
gets to college.
Emphasizing the thought that
material things a parent-teach
er association can provide for
a school are secondary, the
speaker suggested financing of
such a course as an ideal P. T.
A. project.
Prior to the introduction of
the speaker ty Mrs. Weimar
Jones, association president, a
number of committee reports
were heard.
Mrs. W. E. Hunnlcutt, mem
bership* chairman, reported that
she and her committee mem
bers ? Mrs. Harmon Gnuse and
Mrs. George R. Pattlllo ? have
obtained 330 P. T. A. members
so far.
Mrs. Allen Slier reported pro
grams planned for all meetings
scheduled during the year. Mrs.
Clinton Johnson, Miss Esther
Wallace, Mrs. Joe Setser, and
Mrs. W. L. Nothsteln are the
other members of the program
committee. Mrs. R. S. Jones,
chairman, reported for the Par
ent-Teacher magazine commit
tee, and Mrs. Pearl Hunter for
the parent education committee.
Mrs Sam Alexander gave the
association members a sum
mary of the proceedings of the
annual district conference at
Sylva.
For the second successive
time, William Crawford's ninth
grade room won the attendance
prize. The report on attendance
of parents and teachers was
made by Mrs. Lester Hender
son.
Mrs. Pearl Hunter conducted
the devotional, Mrs. J. A. Flan
agan led in group singing, and
Mrs. John Bulgin, secretary,
read the minutes of the pre
vious meeting.
-Parker
To Appear On Program
Of Baptist Meet
The Rev. Charles E. Parker,
pastor of the First Baptist
church here, will appear on the
program of the - State Baptist
convention, to be held at Wln
ston-Salem November 11-13.
Mr. Parker has accepted an
Invitation to speak on the eve
ning of November 11.
Speaking on the Cooperative
Program hour, he will discuss
"Tithing".
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Cox
have announced the birth of
twin girls, Marie Catherine and
Adeline Betty, October 14 at the
Clayton Maternity home. Mrs.
Cox Is the former Miss Dorothy
Fm Houston, of franklin, Route
.