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Nit Paid Circulation THIS WEEK 2,221 LAST WEEK 2,218 YEAR AGO THIS WEEK 2,121 e franklin ? f 1 1 _ anb ? ^ ?If ft ^Baconian PROGRESSIVE LIBER.IL IXDEPENDEN T VOL LXII? NO. 44 FRANKLIN. N. C? THURSDAY, OCTOBER SO, 1947 12.00 PKR YKAK 5.61 INCHES OF RAIN FALLS IN 12-DAY^ PERIOD Amount Mt r; 1 han Double Total For Previous Si* Weeks "When it rains, it pours" has certainly been true of the last hall ol October. For six weeks ending October 15, only 2.71 inches of rainfall was recorded by Mrs. Joe Set ser, TVA weather observer, who lives in the Cartoogechaye com munity. But, starting October 16, the ralns.came, and between the sixteenth and twenty-eighth of this month, nearly six inches of rain was recorded by Mrs. Setser ? more than twice" as much as for the previous six weeks. The exact amount, as reported to the TVA, was 5.61 inches of precipitation. October has been unusually warm, colder weather having been felt here in September than at any time during this month. Mrs. Setser, who explained that her thermometer IS not of ficial, since the readings she makes for TVA deal exclusively with precipitation, said the low est mercury reading she has made this month was yesterday (Wednesday) morning's low of 40 degrees. September 28 the thermometer dropped to 32. S tuer mar Will Hold Services At Morrison The Rev. Harris Stuermer, ministerial student at the Toc coa Falls Bible college, was elected last Sunday as general superintendent of the Morrison Presbyterian church. Plans have recently been made to conduct services there each Sunday aft ernoon. Marion and Newman Thomas, also students at Toc coa Falls Bible college, will as sist Mr. Stuermer in the serv ices. OPENINGS IN AIR FORCE T. Sgt. James R. Dance, of the Franklin sub-station of the army and air force recruiting service, announced this week that there are a large number of open assignments with the Ninth Air force at the air base, Greenville, S. C., Shaw Field, Sumter, S. C., and Langley Field, Va. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Sam L. Rogers has been busy considering what business to engage in since he left the Col lector's office and Monday he seemed to have settled down upon it., He had a bootblack kit made and is now ready to give you a shine for a nickel. 25 YEARS AGO On Wednesday, November 1, Franklin had what was prob ably the largest and by all means the best exhibition of live stock ever held in Macon County when the Pig Club con test of the Mtecon County Im provement club ended with the exhibition of all pigs entered in the contest. First prize in this contest was won by George Slagle, Jr., whose pig had gain ed 279'/i pounds, the prize be ing a purebred Berkshire given by D. Robert Davis, while the second prize of a pure Duroc pig, given by A. B. Slagle, was won by Weyman Crawford, whose pig had gained 366 pounds. Cash prizes were won by George Campbell, Hattle Lee Cabe, and Margaret Cozad, whose hogs had gained 363, 362^i and 362 lbs, respectively. 1#~ YEARS AGO A meeting of parents and teachers of the Franklin and county schools will be held on Friday afternoon, November 5, at 3 o'clock at the courthouse for th? purpose of organizing Parent-Teachers association in the schools in the county that do not have the benefit of this state-wide and national organi zation. Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, re tiring state director of District No. I of Waynesville, upon an invitation extended several weeks ago, will come to Franklin to address the meeting. 2 Macon Families To Bury Their War Dead, Brought From Pacific, This Week Two Macon County families this week will attend burial services (or their war dead sons as the young men's bodies, brought back from the Pacific, are laid to rest In national cem eteries In this country. Cpl. Harold T. Sloan, son of Mr. and Mrs. H T. Sloan, of Franklin, will be buried In the national cemetery at Raleigh, following a service set for 10 a. m. Friday. Wesley Edward Echols, cox swain In the navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Echols, of Franklin, Route 2, will be buried with appropriate services in the national cemetery at Marietta. Ga., Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. Meanwhile, the USS Joseph V. Connolly, bringing back American war dead from Henri Chappelle cemetery at Euden, Belgium, is bearing home the bodies of two other Macon county youths ? Joseph Dills, son of Wesley Dills, of Nantahala, and Gay G. Yonce, of Nanta hala, husband of Mrs. Elda M. Yonce, whose home is Frank lin, Route 1. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan and their son, Richard, will leave today (Thursday) for Raleigh, where they will be met by their daugh ter, Miss Dorothy Sloan, of Richmond, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Echols and their son and daughter, Leonard and Agnes, left Wednesday for Marietta. Cpl. Sloan, who was serving in the air transport command, was killed in the Asiatic theater Oc tober 29, 1944, only a few weeks after going overseas. A gradu ate of the Franklin High school and Brevard college, he was a student at the University of North Carolina when he enter ed the service in 1942. Coxswain Echols was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor De cember 7, 1941. He had joined the navy in January, 1940. A native of Georgia, he was a graduate of the Lexington (Ga ) High school. His parents, who moved to Macon County about three years ago, operate the old Morrison school as a tourist home. Forest Head Flies To Maine To He!p Fight Fcrest Fir>3 E. W. Renshaw, supervisor of the Nantahala National forest, left last Friday for Maine, where he was sum moned to aid in fighting the forest fires that swept large areas of that state last week. Mr. Renshaw went by automobile to Atlanta, where he and a group of other foresters assembled from ' the Southern states, were picked up by an army bomb er and flown to the scene of the disaster. The local supervisor was chosen for the assignment, it was understood,, because of his familiarity with the territory where the fires raged and because of wide experience in large-scale fire fighting in the West. Mr. Renshaw yesterday had not returned to Frank lin, and it was not known when he would be hack. Rites Held Monday For C. N. Angel Charles N. Angel, 59, World War 1 veteran and member of the Franklin American Legion post, was buried Monday after noon at Bethel Methodist church cemetery, following a service In the church. His death had come unexpect edly when he suffered a heart attack last Saturday afternoon. The Rev. D. P. Grant con ducted the funeral services and members of the Franklin Leg ion post assisted in giving Mr. Angel a military burial. Pallbearers were Paul Nave, Harold Enloe, Bob Porter, Er wln Patton, Arvll Parker, and Owen Ammons, all Legionnaires. Honorary pallbearers were Lon Dalton, Jess Thomas, Tom Moss, Frank Reece, Tom Bryson, Boyce Hall, J. E. Jennings, and Frank Cabe, all comrades of Mr. Angel in the first World War. Paul Plemmons served as bugler and sounded "Taps" at the graveside. Mr. Angel, a farmer of the Cullasaja section, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillie McCon nell Angel; four sisters, Mrs. J. T. Jennings, Mrs. Mattle naves, and Mrs. Mamie Howell, all of Franklin, and Mrs. Frank Woot en, of Cullasaja; and three brothers, Frank Angel, of Cul lasaja, Dave Angel, of Franklin, and Robert Angel, of Cuthbert, Ga Arrangements were under the direction of Potts funeral home. Ministers' Conference Headed By Dr. Carter At the Western North Caro lina Baptist Preachers' confer ence, held in Bryson City Mon day of last week, Dr. Thom Car ter, pastor of the Highlands Baptist church, was elected president, and the Rev. Charles E. Parker, pastor of the Frank lin Baptist church, was sleeted oerttMytriMuw. LEGION TO PLAN MILITARY RITES Post Offers ? Assistance To Families Of Dead Brought Tc Macon Plans for the holding of mil itary funerals for the Macon County boys who will be brought home during the next year will be discussed at Saturday night's meeting of the local American Legion post, according to an an nouncement by Paul Nave, post commander. The Franklin Legion post wishes to offer its services in assisting in the burial arrange ments of any of the returning boys. Commander Nave said. He asked that any families who de sire military funerals or other assistance get in touch with some local Legion member. He also urged all members, both World War 1 and World War II veterans, to be present Saturday night, as the coopera tion of the entire post will be necessary to handle the details involved in these funerals. The meeting will begin at 8 p. m Child Is Burned When Dripolator Handle Comes Off Sue Crawford, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs W. G. Craw ford of the Rabbit Creek sec tion, suffered severe burns on the right shoulder, arm and face last Sunday morning. The incident occurred when the handle of a dripolator, which the child's mother was carry ing, came off, causing the scald ing water to spill from the pot on the child, who was standing nearby. Mr. Crawford brought the child to Angel hospital as quick ly as possible where she receiv ed treatment. She has returned home and Wednesday members of the family said her condition was satisfactory. DOWDLE FIRM'S SAFE FORCED OPEN RIFLED $200, Gun And Keepsakes Taken; Safe Wrecked; Seek Fingerprints The safe of the Dowdle Whole sale company was broken open sometime during Tuesday night and an estimated $200 in cash taken. / The robbery was discovered by C. N. (Joe) Dowdle when he opened the wholesale place for business Wednesday morning. An open rear window indicated entrance was gained there. Prltchard Smith, Jr., highway patrolman, said the robbers ap parently peeled the tin off the front of the safe door, and then used an augur to drill all the way around and thus get into the safe. It is estimated that the task took three or four hours. Part of the tin has been sent to Washington, D. C? in the hope that it will reveal finger prints that can be identified. Missing, in addition to the firm's cash, were several keep sakes ? an old "blanket" $10 bill, two ten -dollar gold pieces; also a P-38 pistol and two foun tain pens. It is believed that the rob bers were two men who stopped at Mrs. J. B. Henry's tourist cabins about 4 a. m. Wednesday. Mrs. Henry said two men awak ened her and asked for a cabin. She directed them to one, with out getting up. At noon today it was discovered that the per sons who took the cabin were gone, and that the beds had not been used. In the stove was a piece of candy of the same kind as one that was missing from a drawer at the Dowdle Wholesale. Library Puts Many New Books On Its Shelves A number of books recently have been placed on the shelves of the Franklin Public Library. The following is the list of the new bopks, according to Mrs. Nobia G. Murray, librarian: "Speaking Frankly", Byrnes; "Wild Grape", Hewlett; "Report on the Germans", White; "Kat ish", Frolov; "Stars in My Crown", Brown; "Julie", Bab cock; "Clarkton", Howard Fast; "Laughing House"; "Warwick Deeping"; Victory", McHough; "Bright Promise", Sherman; "The Missionary", Cornelia Spencer; "Came a Cavalier", Frances Parkinson Keyes; "Gar retson Chronicle", Brace; "Col orado", Louis Bromfield; "Great' Tide", Hall; "Dirty Eddie", Lud wig Bemelmans ; "John Barry", Bedford; "Moon Over the Back Fence", Carlson; "Bishop's Man tle", Turnbull; "Way of Life", Gibbs; "Brutal Question", Bay er; "Marriage Is For Two", Ar thur; "Great Light", Barretto; "Swamp Willow", Edwina Elroy; and "We'll Sing One Song", Carruthers. In addition, a number of ref erence and other juvenile vol umes have been shelved. The Cub Scouts will meet Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Slagle Memorial build ing. Panthers, Playing In Mud, Beat Robbinsville 38 To 0 Playing in a sea of mud, the Franklin Panthers proved them selves quite capable In amphi bious operations Friday night when they defeated the Rob binsville eleven, 38 to 0. Led by the strong Franklin forward wall, with Mooney and Moses as standouts, the Panth ers smothered the Robblnsville running attack, and gave the passers little opportunity to start an aerial game. The local eleven scored 25 points in the first half, with Capt. Larry Cabe making 19 of these points. The first score of the game came on an unusual play when Cabe kicked off for Franklin. The ball traveled 50 yards through the air, landing on the Robblnsville 10 yard stripe where It was touched by a Rob blnsville player before rolling into the end zone Then Cabe fell on the ball to score an un twisted touchdown. Ttam mori touchdown* wen made by the local eleven In the first half, two by Cabe and one by Mason. Gregory and Flanagan, who completed the first string back field, both turned In outstand ing performances, with Gregory scoring several of the touch downs with long runs, and Flanagan's ball handling and passing, despite the wet condi tion of the field, contributed greatly to the Franklin victory. During the second half Coaches William Crawford and Frank Plyler played their re serves most of the remainder of the game. This squad, made up mostly of men who will be next year's starting line up, while greatly outweighed by the Rob blnsville eleven, made an ex cellent showing by holding the visitors scoreless and pushing across one touchdown for them selves. Standouts for the reserves ? CrattaM* on Ftp Ten REV. J. II. BRENDALL, JR. Mr. Brendall, the new pastor of the Franklin and Carson Chapel Methodist churches, started his pastorate here last Sunday. DUTIES ASSUMED BY NEW PASTOR Brendall Will Preach At Carson Sunday; Active i In Civic Wcrk The Rev. J. H. Brendall, Jr., recently assigned to the pastor ate of the Franklin and Carson's Chapel Methodist churches, ar rived last week and held the first service at the Franklin church at the 11 o'clock hour Sunday morning. He will hold his first service at Carson's Chapel at 10 a. m. next Sunday, and will preach there at that hour on the first and third Sundays of each month hereafter. Following a conference of Mr. Brendall and the Rev. Hoyt Evans, Presbyterian pastor, it was announced that the Metho dist-Presbyterian evening union services will be continued, and Mr. Brendall will be the speak er at next Sunday night's serv ice, to be held at the Presby terian church at 8 o'clock. Mr. Brendall, who suceedsthe Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt, comes to Franklin from Central Methodist church in Albemarle, a pastorate he held for five years. He has been a member of the Western North Carolina conference ? of which his late father, a native of Macon Coun ty, also was a member ? for more than 20 years. Pastorates he has held included one at Rand leman, where he served for five years, and one at Ardmore church in Winston-Salem, of which he was pastor four years. At Boone and Brevard he serv ed college churches. The new Franklin minister is a Mason, and at Albemarle was a member of the Lions club, chaplain of the American Leg ion post, president of the Stan ly County Ministers association, and district chairman of the Boy Scouts of America. He has been especially active in the various phases of Scout work. He is a graduate of Duke uni versity and obtained his bach elor degree from Emory uni versity, Atlanta. Mr. Brendall has no family, his wife having died about eight months ago. He is living at the parsonage, and taking his meals out. Franks Radio Moving Into New Palmer Street Home The Franks Radio and Elec tric company this week is mov ing into its new home, now be ing pushed to completion, on the south side of Palmer street, between Cagle's cafe and the Palmer street-Georgia road in tersection. The three-story structure, be gun about three months ago, is 24 by 41 feet, and is built of concrete blocks, with plaster as the interior finish. On the street-level floor are the sales room, office, service room, and Mrs. Franks' sewing specialities department. On the lower floor an apartment of five rooms and bath is being constructed, and the basement will be used for storage and modern screen room for auto mobile radio work. An F. M. radio tower is plan ned atop the building, for dem onstration purposes and better service on FM sets. The storeroom in the McCoy building basement being vacat ed by the radio firm will be oc cupied by Lawson Shook'* furni ture bufincu, PLAN ADOPTED BY LIONS CLUB FOR PARK HERE Tennis And Volleyball Courts, Playground Are Proposed A tentative plan for the de velopment of a recreation area on the county lot, situated on Main street between Dryman's and Blaine's stores, was adopt ed by the Lions club at its meeting Monday night. The Lions some months ago decided to sponsor such a pro ject, and objected the permis sion of the board of county commissioners to use the lot until it is needed by the county. The park is to contain ten nis courts, volleyball court, a playground for smaller children, and benches for visitors ana residents who wish to rest there. The detailed plan, which was drawn by George Patton, N C. State college student, calls for the area to be terraced and landscapped. Mr. Patton, in a letter ac companying his drawing, made the following comments con cerning the plan he submitted: "I have shown terraces be cause I think they are the best way of getting enough level area without piling too much dirt at the lower side next to the sidewalk. A high bank next to the sidewalk would, in my opinion, be undesirable; be cause it would prevent the play ground, an asset to the town, from being seen from Main street. By using two terraces, as shown in the plan1, the grading can be accomplished. I think the terraces, one at the top and one at the bottom of the tennis courts, built all the way across the lot, should be stab ilized in some way. A sod bank on a playground would be a constant maintainance problem, so I have shown a hedge row of winter jesmine on slopes of the terrace to prevent erosion and keep the children off the ter races." After adopting Mr. Patton's plan, on the suggestion of Lion B. L. McGlamery, it was de cided to hold a rummage sale Saturday, November 18, with the entire proceeds to go to the development of the playground. Any persons who wish to con tribute to the recreation area development by contributing items for the sale are asked to either notify some member of the Franklin Lions club to call for the items or bring the ar ticles to Burrell Motor company. Robert R. Gaines, club president, urged that everyone who has items which they no longer need to contribute them, as "the more money raised, the better the playground." OsborneWood Dies, Aged 80; Rites Monday Osborne S. Wood, 80, died at his home on Palmer street Sunday afternoon, following an illness of five weeks. Mr. Wood, who had spent most of his life in Macon County, was well known throughout the commun ity as a farmer and construct ion worker. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Franklin Baptist church with the Rev. Charles E. Parker and the Rev. J. I. , Vinson officiating. Burial fol lowed In the Franklin cemetery. Pallbearers were Henry W. Cabe, Frank Henry, Sr., W. D. Gunnin, James Palmer, T. W. Angel, Jr., and Fred Cabe. Surviving are his widow; three daughters, Mrs Earl Henson and Mrs. J. L. Henson, of Frank lin, and Mrs. C. B. Stockton, of Clayton, Ga.; one son, Lee Wood, of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Mack McCall of Franklin, and Mrs. Lettla Crisp of Culla saja; and TflJr brother, Bud Wood, of West's Mill. Bryant funeral home was In charge of the funeral arrange ments. SPONSOR SHOW The sixth grade of the Frank lin school will sponsor the ap pearance here Saturday of the Smoky Mountaineers. The bene fit performance will be given at the courthouM it a p . m.
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