Nit-Paid Circulation im LAST WEEK 2,223 YEAR AOO THIS WEEK 2,1M IRacoman PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. LXM? HO. 47 * RAN KLIN, N. C? iBUItSUAl, NOV. 2U, IWi J2.00 PICK U.AK PLAN CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK FOR N. C. SYMPHONY Ticket Sales Will Be Restricted By Lack Or Seating Space The campaign to bring the North Carolina Symphony ^ chestra here again next spring get under way Monday, w. W Sloan. Macon County chair -tASM-jyv* and Miss Sara Gilder of Hlg^ lands, on his committee. TM committee will meet the latter part of this week to map plans lor the canvass. Workers are needed, and Mr Sloan this week asked forvol unteers, requesting terested in bringing good music to this community to see a? once. For the Highlands area. Miss Glider will select worker^ The county's quota is *" ? ind Mr. Sloan expressed the conviction that the entire sum ran be obtained In member ships. a reeular membership is **. and persons joining the Sym phony society, he pointed out, not only bring good muslc ? Macon County and make pos sible a free afternoon orchestra concert for school children, but more than get their m?ney ? worth In their ticket for the evening performance. Symphony concert tickets. It was polnted out, rarely can be chained for as little as $2. In addition, a member is entitled to attfot^ any concert given in the state this season without additional charge. For persons who wish to. give the movement more substantial supbort, special memberships are available at $5, *25, and S100. (Funds so invested, It wa? said, are deductible for income tax) , The orchestra, which played here In the spring of 1946 and again last spring, is scheduled to come to Franklin about March I. i . It is hoped, however, to raise , the entire quota during the , ^ campaign starting Monday. | The total number of tickets ^ that may be sold is restricted to , about 375, it was pointed out, due to the limited seating ca pacity of any auditorium in Franklin. After the seating ca pacity has been sold out, tick ets will be withdrawn from sale. It is planned to have tickets on sale next week at Perry s and Angel's drug stores and in the lobby of the Bank of Frank Jin from 9 a. m. to noon Sat urday Of next week. WILL HOLD RUMMAGE SALE Mrs. R- F. Hemphill s fifth grade room of the Franklin School will sponsor a rummage sale on Rankin Square Satur day morning at 10 o'clock. Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the (lie* of The Press) SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Dr. N. F. Howard, of Dahlone ga, Oa., has recently visited his brothers, Col. L. Howard and Mr. P. Howard of this county. It has been six years since he i visited them before. These high- n ly respected citizens are ad- 1 e vanced In age, and in all prob- ' a ability may never again see ' each other in this world as they live so far apart and the Jour ney is so fatiguing. . . . On the eleventh day of the 'eleventh month Dwlght Carver was eleven years old and had eleven children at his birthday party. tl YEAR8 AGO Plans are rapidly being brought to perfection for starting work on the big lake and summer re sort development on Rabbit Creek, to be known as Lake Emory. Delay was caused In completing the organization by the State insurance Department waiting until It had fully in vestigated before it granted a license to do business. The fol lowing well known buslnees men have been elected as officers of the organization. Lee Crawford, president; John 8 Trotter, treasurer; B. B. Hunnlcutt, sec retary; W. L. Higdon, general manager; directors, the above officers together with Frcnk Williams and OUmti Jews, I Pictured above is a group of the 713 school children, that a re transported daily from all parts of Macon County to thr Franklin school, loading into eight school buses. In order to bri ng these children to the consolidated Franklin school, five of the buses make two round trips miking a total of 13 bus load s of children being brought daily tj the Franklin school. These < eight buses are a part of the fleet of 21 buses operated by th e Macon County school system. Mr. T. E. Glass, assistant director of transportation, has praise^ this group as being one of the be it maintained and operated in the state public school system. rALKS. REPORTS MARK PTA MEET l From W.C.T.C. Heard; 400 Members Reported To Date This Year Committee reports and talks y two guest speakers, both rom Western Carolina Teach - rs college, Cullowhee, marked (onday night's meeting of the tanklin Parent-Teacher asso latlon. Between 75 and 100 per ons attended. Both speakers discussed the elation^ of parents, teachers, nd the community. Miss Fannie Goodman, a di ector of the W. C. T. C. train ig school, outlined some of the rays in which the P. T. A. srves parents and teachers, liss Alice Benton, director of tie college's physical education epartment for women, discuss d what a teacher has a right ) expect from the community, 'he speakers were introduced y Mrs. Weimar Jones, associa lon president. Mrs. Allen Siler, program hairman, reported that the lecember meeting will be fea ured by a Christmas program, o be presented by pupils of the jwer grades in the elementary chool. Mrs. W. E. Hunnlcutt, mem ershlp chairman, reported that 99 persons have joined the as ociation this year. Miss Good lan remarked it would never o to stop short of 400, and -sked that her membership be ccepted. The PTA magazine chairman, Irs. ? R. S. Jones, reported 29 iaid subscriptions to the mag zine. It was announced that the resent education committee rill hold an all-day study group meeting, with a covered dish inch, at the Agricultural bulld ig sometime before Christmas. Irs E. N. Howell, of 8wan lanoa, past state president of he P. T. A., has been asked to :ad the discussion. The devotional program was onducted by the Rev. J. H. Irendall, Jr., Methodist pastor lere. For the third successive lonth, William Crawford's ighth grade room won the ward for the largest represen ation of parents, present. Hotel Hearn Lease It Purchased By Florida Woman Miss Dorothy E. B&rtman this veek purchased the nine-year ease on Hotel Hearn here from F. 8. McConnell, and Tuesday took over active management of ;he hotel. No changes In staff ire contemplated, Miss Bart man said. The new operator of the Hearn formerly was manager of the Canton hotel at canton, Oa., sod later of the Montezuma hotel at San ford, Fla. She comes to Franklin from Daytona Beach, Fla.,.%rers she operated s guest homV. Mise Bartman, who arrived here Monday to look over the ?ituatlon, bought the lease that day. The deal wm handled by Bar fie Id brothers, Atlanta brok tn. Lions Club Will Hold Auction For Recreation Fund The Lions club's auction sale, which was to have been held last week, will be held this Saturday, according to R. R. (Bob) Gaines, Lions president. The sale, which will be held on Rankin square, be ginning at 10 a. m., was postpsned until this week end, due. to bad weather last Saturday. This extra time has allowed club members to collect one of the larg est assortments of articles ever to be placed on sale here at an Auction of this type, it was said. Auctioneer Benny McGlamery will knock down everything from cars and trucks to old shoes and bookends. AU profits received by the club will be used toward developing a community playground. PLAN FOOD SALE A food sale will be conducted Friday from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. in the downstairs office of the Nantahala Pow6r and Light company. Grade mothers of Mrs. J. H. Williams' second grade in the Franklin school will conduct the sale. Proceeds will be used to buy equipment or furnish ings for the room. , | Square Dancing To Strains Of Genuine Mountain Music To Feature Friday Benefit -fc Seed Store Is Sold By Blaines To Mrs. McKelvey Blaine's Seed Store, which had been operated by the Blaine family for 23 years, last week was sold by Mrs. C. T. Blaine and W. J. (Bill) Blaine to Mrs. R. E. McKelvey. The deal was closed late Wednesday, and Mrs. McKelvey took over Thurs day morning. The store, established by the late C. T. Blaine, long-time Franklin business man, develop ed from a small side-line to what is probably the largest re tail seed business west of Ashe ville. W. J. Blaine, who has man aged the business since Janu ary, 1945, has ' not announced his plans for the future. Mrs. McKel/ey, who is the wife of the manager of the Western Carolina Telephone company, announced plans to add gifts and souvenirs to the seed and other lines the store has carried in the past. Franklin Defeats Andrews 13 To 0; Teams Play Good Ball, Despite Rain And Mud Despite the fact that the game was played in a quagmire of mud and that there was a constant downpower of cold rain through out the game, Franklin and Andrews played some of the best football seen here this year on the local field last Friday night. Combing a powerful ground game with passing, the Frank lin eleven proved too strong for the hard-fighting and determ ined team from Andrews. When the game was called, due to ter rible weather conditions, with five minutes of playing time re maining. in the final quarter, Franklin was leading Andrews by a score of 13 to 0. Approximately 200 fans braved a rain storm to witness the game and were treated to an exceptionally clean and hard fought game. After receiving the opening kickoff, Franklin scored on the second play from scrimage. Ly man Gregory, fleet Franklin back, broke through the left side of his line and ran 67 yards for a touchdown. Gregory broke lrlto the secondary so quickly that it appeared that he was across the mid-field stripe be fore Andrews realized who was carrying the ball. A pass, Flanagan to Moses, was good for the extra point. Andrews made their most de termined bid for a score during the second quarter after recov ering one of the few fumble* made by the Franklin eleven deep In scoring territory. On a series of line plunges and end sweeps, Andrews drove to the Franklin five but were stopped cold by the strong Panther line. I Midway the third quarter, franklin received the tell on Its 1 10-yard lint and on a series of line plunges, with Cabe and Mason doing most of the car rying, drove to the 35-yard line, where the Andrews line stif fened. With third down and six yards to go for a first down, Flanagan gambled. Standlsg in ankle deep water, he threw a ten-yard pass straight down yie center to Moses who took the ball on his finger tips for an excellent catch. After two line plays picked up less than five yards, Flanagan again accom plished the seemingly impos sible by completing another pass to Moses, who lateraled to Game Nets Two Groups $116 Despite Weather Despite a steady down pour of cold rain, last Fri day night's football game netted the Franklin Parent - Teadher association, which sponsored it, and the school athletic association $116.52. The sum was divided equally between the organizations. The figure does not include $38 set aside to pay the Franklin team's transporta tion to Andrews for a re tarn engagement, W. E. Hunnicutt, P. T. A. treasur er, explained. Part of the profit came from sale by the P. T. A. of soft drinks, pipcorn, and hot dogs. Mason. Mason crossed the goal line, but was called back, hav ing stepped out on the eight yard marker. On fourth down with two yards to go, Mason ex ploded through a nice hole over left tackle for Franklin's sec ond icore. The remainder of the game WM scoreless and was a kicking ?Continued on Page FIti Noted Figures In Folk World To Take Part In Event Here < "Swing your partner! Ladies circle to the left ..." With Sam Queen, noted call er, directing the figures, and tt the strains of mountain musk played by genuine mountalr musicians, persons from far ani near are expected to gather hert tomorrow to participate lr. square dances that were old, lr. England, when America was dis covered. The occasion will be the bene fit program of entertainment prepared by a committee frorr. the Franklin Lions and Rotary clubs. The time will be Friday eve ning, starting at 8 o'clock. The place will be the Slaglt Memorial. The purpose ? other than en tertainment?is to raise funds to complete the furnishing of the unique community center that is at once a memorial and the product of community-widt effort and cooperation. The program of fun will in clude, in addition to the danc ing, a box supper; cake walks; and the awarding of dozens of prizes. Prizes are offered for the prettiest girl, the ugliest man, the couple present who have been married longest, the couple married the shortest time, the oldest couple, etc. Soft drinks, sandwiches, and ! hot coffee will be on sale. < All the prizes and the mate rials for the refreshments were i donated by business men of Franklin and vicinity. Among the performers will be "Smilin' Red" Raper, soloist, who is considered one of the most popular individual stars of the annual Mountain Dance ' and Folk Festival in Asheville. ' Providing instrumental music for the dancing will be such ? well known figures as George j and Dick Farthing, the latter : a former USO performer; "Doc" ! Corbin, well known as a ban- ' joist; St. Clair Anderson, life long drummer; Bill Land, old 1 time fiddler; and the Carpent- , ers ? Ed, fiddler; Jack, pianist; Dean, guitarist; and Ed, Jr, mandolinist. Master of the ceremonies for the evening will be Benny Mc Glamery, and when the time comes for auctioning the boxes he and George Mallonee will take over. Judges for the vari ous contests will be Dr. Furman Angel, Lake V. Shope, Dr. Ben P. Grant, and William (Bill! Tlppett. Members of the Rotary-Lions committee in charge of the event are Grant Zickgraf, John Crawford, Mack Franks, Benny McGlamery, J. C Jacobs, John ny Kusterer, Rufus Snyder, and I Pritchard Smith, Jr. A number of other persona, Including sev eral ladles, have assisted with various phases of the prepara tion. Mrs. Mack Pranks and Mrs. Grant Zickgraf arranged for the refreshments and prizes; Mrs. J. Ward Long Is in charge of ; i decorations; Mrs. Claude H. Bol f ton la responsible for obtaining ?l -QtttlMM M hft lis GROUP FORMED FOR COMMUNITY JOSPITAL HERE Will Investigate Stept Necessary l o Obla .. U. S., State Aid A temporary organization, to Investigate the steps neccsi>u.i> to obtain federal and state aid lor a community hospital m dacon County, was formed at a dinner meeting of local business men at Riverview inn Tuesa..y evening. If federal and state officials Jind that a need exisis here lor such a hospital, and if the hos pital, as proposed, meets cer tain speciiications and -tanu irds, the federal government will provide one-third, of ti'ie funds necessary, and the s^a-c government 48 per cent, it was explained to the group. Thus, t was added, the community would have to raise only about .9 per cent of the total. Following this explanation and iome discussion, a temporary organization was formed, with i view to obtaining complete md detailed information, with Jr. O. B. Woodard chosen as chairman, and C. J. Mooney as vice-chairman. Bob Sloan, who ittended the meeting in the capacity of a reporter, was ask Jd to serve as secretary The group decided that its first step should be to write federal and state officials to nquire just what steps are necessary in order to obtain fed eral and state "aid for a non profit community hospital. When this information has been received, it was said, the plan is to call a county-wide neeting of interested persons for he purpose of setting up a permanent organization. Meanwhile, members of the North Carolina Medical Care commission were here the early jart of this week to inspect the lospital facilities in ' this coun ty. Commission representatives who visited this county includ ed H. E. Hamilton, hospital ad ministrator with the commis sion; G. R. Berryman, consult ng architect; W. H._ Newell, construction engineer; L. D. Jon way, architect; and R. E. 31aisdell, sanitary engineer. Alex Berry, 79, Dies Of Heart Attack J. Alex Berry, well known re ared farmer and contractor, jied suddenly at his home on totla street about 8 o'clock ruesday morning. Mr. Berry, who lacked exact ly two months ol reaching the ige of 80, recently suffered an attack of pneumonia. He ap parently had recovered, how ever, and was able to be up and about at the time he was stricken. Death was attributed to a heart attack. A native of Mill Shoal town ship, Mr. Berry spent ' most of nis life in the Ellijay commun ity. He moved to Franklin about >'ive years ago. He would have observed his 80th birthday Jan uary 18. Funeral services were held yesterday (Wednesday) after noon at 2 o'clock at Bryant funeral home, with the Rev. 1). P. Grant and the Rev. W. C. Pipes officiating. Burial was in the Holly Springs Baptist ceme tery. Pallbearers, all nephews, were T. W. Angel, Jr., Alex Deal, ? Continued on Pace Six Next Week's Issue Of The Press To Be Published Tuesday Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, next week's issue of The Press will be published on Tuesday, 24 hours earlier than usual. Because there will be no mail delivery on the rural routes Thursday, rural read ers would not receive their copies of the paper until Friday if the usual Wed nesday schedule were fol lowed. Accordingly, the time of publication is being mov ed up one day, for next week only, to that all Macon County readers will receive their copies of The Press about the same time. Advertisers and persona who have news Items for the paper are requested to bear the change in mind. The Press office will be 1 clflMd ftU day Tbtaksrirlni,