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* VOL. I.XIII? NO. 5
FRANKLIN. N. C? THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1948
$2.00 PER YEAR
TRANKLIN PRESS
IS GIVEN AWARD
.FOR EDITORIAL
W 4
!e On Graham Wins
Top Place Among N. C.
Non-Dailies
? ' s One of the five top 1947
newspuper writing awards pre
sented at ^ast week's North
Institute was won
in Press and The
aconian.
was given first
government bond
editorial entry
1 newspaper
i last year.
;ial, "Should
n?", writ
appeared
10.
second, and
nd for honorable
chosen in each of
i ? the best editor
pot news report
:t feature story,
newspapers of <Jie
?hew editorial
feature story,
among non-daily newspapers.
Prizes ^lso were given for news
paper photograpny.
The 28 entries in the non
^iy editorial contest were
by the journalism de
of Emory university,
four first place
H. W. Kendall,
Daily News,
?ial (among
kLeon S.
pn-Sal
the
re; jans who desire copies
obtain them .without
^ by calling at The
afiice, or they .rill be
upon request.
^reporting; Chester S.
the Winston-Salem
tit ^-Sentinel, for the bast
story; and C. Benedict,
|the Sanford Herald, for the
ftature story (among non
si. .
Press editorial was in the
fe of a reply to criticisms
Br. Graham, president of
Jrcater University of North
Ina, for his alleged asso
with Communists, and
to^P?j!ggestion that he should
resign. The editorial argued
that Dr Graham should not
resign; declared that "Frank
M3raha .1 is 'Battling Communism
^uhyare few other Americans";
and StfiJiainei, how he is effec
tively righting, the Communist
philosophy.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the tihm of The Press)
50 v: ARS ago this year
Doc Barnard, Albert Wild, and
Bird Collins left for Coloradol
last Thursday.
Miss Allie Caler, of Aquone,
was visiting friends here last
week
25 YEARS AGO
? ' From an ad run by W. C.
Cunningham:
In September, 1923, Franklin
will be 1(8 years old. During
p- this century and more, of civic
f^ow?,\ nur merchants have of
fered the: people of Macon
? Gbu.nty some [remarkable shoe
values. Ye# qBter 103 years It
remains for fw.Tj. Cunningham
to make the' low record on rock
bottom prices for misses school
shoes.
Roy Cunningham this week
purchesed a new 1923 Ford car
^from the Stiles Motor company,
> local Ford dealers.
YEARS AGO
Inch room at the
hool, sponsored by
| A., began operations
r and 237 meals were
pupils. The lunch
charge of Mrs.
Mrs. Myrtle
una Moffett
tpw Jnnell. Miss Ethel
Hurst h> grfieral supervisor of
^ all lunch rooms In the county
chools, and Miss Hurat stated
at the Franklin lunch room
ft the tenth to be Installed
County,
HERE'S SKETCH OF HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL ? Above is a photogaaph of the revised architect's sketch of the proposed
Highlands Community hospital building. Plans at present call for a one-story building, "T" shaped, 154 feet by 104. The plans
will permit construction in two or three phases, as may be necessary. Although it is hoped to construct the entire front wing,
?.? an initial measure, it may be necessary to restrict initial work to the construction of the clinic and laboratory section, of
ficials said. This section will include the following rooms: Operating, sterilizing, X-ray, laboratory, examination, office, bedroom
andf waiting room. In the adjoining part of the front, as proposed, will be four bedrooms, nursery, isolation roam, solarium, util
ity, Morage, and business office. This combined front section will be 140 feet wide by 44 feet deep.
/?V rear section, completing the "T" formation, will be 44 feet wide by 60 feet deep, and will contain four private rooms with
bath, ;two treatment rooms, equipment room, waiting room, and kitchen.
J?he building will be fire resistant and probably constructed of concrete blocks with brick and native stone veneer. Steel
ing will be used as far as possible. Rough plans indicate that the ground floor space will total 9,500 square feet, while the
basement will have about 1,000 square feet to permit ample heating facilities.
The plot plan of the tract, donated by Miss Eva G. Cleave land, indicates that the topography is perfect for the type of
building proposed and there is ample room for expansion, if necessary in the future, it was said.
HENRY D. WEST
DIES SUDDENLY
Widely Known Retired
_ Merchant Has Heart
Attack In Atlanta
Henry David West, 65, Widely
known retired Macon merchant,
died Monday in an Atlanta hos
pital, following a heart attack.
He had gone to Atlanta to
undergo a medical examination,
having been in failing health
for several years.
Mr. West was born in the
Turkey Greek section of Bun
combe county, the son of the
late Newton and Sarah Bon
ham West.
Having come to this county '
at an early age, he had work
ed as a clerk in the establish
ments of several of Franklin's
older merchants before going in
business for himself in 1930.
Among the Franklin mer
chants in whose employ he had
been were W. C. Cunningham,
E. K. Cunningham, Jos. Ashear,
the Farmers Federation, and J.
R. Pendergrass.
During the latter years of his
life, with the help of Mrs. West,
he had operated a feed and
grocery store in the locations
now occupied by Hall's Grocery
and Feed store and the Dixie
Grill. He also had worked in
stores in Swain and Jackson
Counties.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Franklin Baptist
church, with the Rev. Charles
E. Parker officiating, burial fol
lowing in the Franklin ceme
tery.
Asked to serve as pallbearers
were J. Horner Stockton, J. B.
Pendergrass, John Moore, Lee
Polndexter, Zeb Cansler, Ed
Whltaker, Martin Angel, and
George Dean.
The body remained at the
home on Iotla street until one
hour before the funeral, after
which It lay In state at the
church. Potts funeral home was
In charge of the arrangements.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Miss Nell Cleaveland;
four children, by his former
marriage to Miss Minnie Marr,
of Swain county, Will West, of
Sylva, Mrs. Robert T. Keenan,
of Ashevllle, James West, of
Northwest, Va., and Lee West,
of Ashevllle; three brothers,
Thomas, of Winston-Salem,
Judd, of Oroton, Conn., and
Ed, of Franklin, Route 3; two
half-brothers, Marshall West, of
Greenville, 8. C., and Harrison
West, of Pelzer, S. C.; and
eleven grandchildren.
OPPOSE BEER AND WINE
Members of the Young Wo
men's association of the First
Baptist church here voted at a
meeting last Thursday night to
ask their parents to register
and vote to outlaw the legal
sale of beer and wine. The
meeting was held at the home
of Miss Jean Frank*.
Higdon Appointed
Committeeman For
Veterans' Rights
Notice of the appoint
ment ot A. R. Higdon as a
volunteer veterans' rights
committeeman by the Unit
ed States Department of
Labor was announced here
this week.
The appointment, dated
January 20, was signed by
L. B. Schwellenbach, sec
retary of labor, and Hugh
W. Bradley, field represen
tative.
Mr. Higdon's duties will
be concerned chiefly with
assisting veterans to exer
cise the re-employment
rights granted them under
the selective service law.
Having acted as the Amer
ican Legion service officer
here at different times since
the first .world war, Mr.
Higdon has had considerable
experience in helping vet
erans to file claims. A vet
eran wishing to file a re
employment claim should
contact him; be has a sup
ply of the necessary forms. (
Phone Firm's
Officers And
Board Chosen
All officers and directors of
the Western Carolina Telephone
company were reelected at the
annual meetings, held last
last Thursday at the company's
headquarters here.
Progress made during the year
1947 was reported by Russell E.
McKelvey, who was reelected
general manager and assistant
secretary and assistant treasur
er for 1948.
At the stockholders' meeting,
the following directors were re
elected: H. W. Cabe, of Frank
lin, E. L. McKee, of Sylva, Dr.
J. C. Dover, of Clayton, Ga., Dr.
J. H. Smathers, of Waynesville,
J. R. Boyd, of Waynesville, T.
M. Earle, of Charlotte, J. A.
Gantt, of Atlanta, and G. J.
Johnston, of Atlanta.
Following the stockholders'
meeting, the reelected directors
met and reelected officers as
follows: Mr. Cabe, president; Mr.
Boyd and Dr. Dover, vice-presl
dents; and Mr. Johnston, secre
tary and treasurer.
Mr. McKelvey reported to the
stockholders that approximately
$30,000 was spent during 1947
in Increasing and improving
telephone service. The number
of telephone subscribers was in
creased by 25 per cent during
jtye year, he said.
The directors authorized the
general manager to order addi
tional equipment for Increasing
and improving the service dur
ing the current year.
A dividend of si* per cent
was declared and paid earlier in
the year.
The Negro Parent-Teacher
association will meet Monday
night at 7:30 o'clock at the
Chapel schoolhouie.
LIONS TO HOLD
BIRTHDAY BALL
U n i,v e r s a 1 Military
T raining Backed
By Club
The Franklin Lions club, at
its meeting Monday night, vot
ed to hold a President's. Birth
day Ball Saturday evening and
went on record as favoring uni
versal military training.
The motion that the club go
on record as backing military
training was passed without a
dissenting vote.
The President's Birthday Ball,
sponsored by (be club to raise
funds for the Infantile paraly
sis campaign, will be held at
the Slagle memorial.
R. R. Gaines, Lions club pres
ident, urged that other civic
organizations join the Lions in
helping to make the event a
success in order that substan
tial sum may be raised for this
cause.
Pritchard Smith, state high
way patrolman, who was the
speaker of the evening, gave
a brief resume of the laws en
acted by the last general as
sembly to help promote safety
on the highways of North Caro
lina.
Patrolman Smith pointed out
that deaths due to highway ac
cidents in Macon County de
creased from eight to two in
the last two years. He urged
all those present to try to help
keep this figure down.
Death Claims
T. Crunkleton
In Highlands
Thomas B. Crunkleton, 76,
died late Monday at his home
in Highlands. The son of the
late J. W. and Sarah Anne
Keener Crunkleton, he had
spent most of his life as a farm
er in the Ellijay section of Ma
con county.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the home Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock, with the
Rev. Jack Davidson and the
Rev. W. T. Medlln conducting
the service. Burial will be in
the Long Branch cemetery,
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Edward Schine and Mrs.
Walter Taylor, of New York
City, and Mrs. L C. Howard, of
Otto; three sons, Earl, Ralph,
and Lawrence, all of Highlands;
19 grandchildren, and one
great-grandchild; three sisters,
Mrs. Millie Parker, of Anderson,
S. C., Mrs. Melvln Keener, of
Dalton, Ga., and Mrs. John
Beaty, of Highlands; and three
brothers, Isaac, of Highlands,
Hyatt, of Franklin, and Peyton,
ot Dlllard, Oa.
Bryant funeral home was In
charge o! the arrangements.
Polio Fund
Is $900 Below
County Quota
With only about $700 raised
to date, Macon County is $900
short of the county's $1,620
quota in the infantile paralysis
campaign, J. H. Stockton* coun
ty fund chairman, pointed out
this week.
"It's time for all of us to
get behind this campaign and
push it over", Mr. Stockton
said. "Macon County always has
oversubscribed its quota in the
yearly drives for funds to fight
the ravages of infantile paraly
sis, and I am sure the people of
this county will respond again
this year. But if we're going to
do it by the deadline, January
31, we're going to have to get
a hustle on, and make the
March of Dimes a march of dol
lars."
The money raised to date
came from 149 contributors so
licited by mail, $55 placed on
the dime board January 18, and
donations from three schools.
The Franklin school gave $118,
the Iotla school $20, and the
Gold Mine school $4.50.
A polio fund benefit dance
will be held at the Otto school
tomorrow (Friday) night, and
Saturday night the Lions club
will sponsor a President's Birth
day Ball at the Slagle Memorial.
Grace Beck
Is Dead At Age Of 13;
Rites Held Sunday
Grace Lee Beck, 13-year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ern
est B. Beck, of Franklin, Route
1, died Saturday In a Frank
lin hospital. She had been ser
iously ill for about a month.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 3:30 p. m. at the
old Cartoogechaye Baptist
church, with the Rev. William
L. Sorrells conducting the serv
ice.
Pallbearers were J. D. Dills,
Lyle Dills, Victor Anderson, and
Haywood Frazier.
Surviving, in addition to her
parents, are one brother, Ernest
Beck, Jr., of Franklin, Route 1;
a half-brother, Charlie M. Col
lier, of Franklin, Route 1; five
sisters, Mrs. Verna Mae Elkin,
of Franklin, Route 1, Mrs. Her
man Sorrells, of Memphis, Tenn.
and the Misses Harriet, Mable,
and June Beck, of the home;
and the maternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Dills,
of Franklin, Route 1.
Bryant funeral home was in
charge of the arrangements.
ON DEAN'S LIST -
Vic Perry's name appears on
last semester's dean's list, for
high scholastic attainment, at
the Univeristy of North Caro
lina, Chapel Hill. Mr Perry is
the son of Mrs. J. E. Perry, of
Franklin.
REGISTRATION
EMMATURDAY
FOR BEER VOTE
Must Have Names On
General Election Books
T o Ballot
Saturday will be the final day
for those who are not on the
general election books to regis
ter to vote in the beer and
wine election which will be
held Saturday, February 14.
So far, considerable interest
has been shown in the coming
election, with about 50 new
voters registering for the elec
tion in Franklin township last
Saturday, according to Mrs. R.
D. Carson, registrar. This is a
substantial increase, consider
ing that most voters are al
ready on the books, having vot
ed in previous elections since
1940 at which time the books
were burned when the Bank of
Franklin was destroyed by
fire.
Election officials asked that
it be made clear that the re
quirement for a person to vote
in this coming election is that
he or she have voted in a gen
eral election since 1940.
The requirement that a per
son must have voted in a gov
ernor's election pertained only
to eligibility for those who de
sired to sign the petition call
ing for the election, they ex
plained.
Following the closing of reg
istration books Saturday, chal
lange day will be observed Feb
ruary 7, and the election will be
held the following Saturday,
February 14.
Nave Transferred
To Coble Dairy
Post At Boone
Paul Nave, who for the past
two years has been field rep
resentative for Coble Dairy
Products in Macon County, will
leave this week to accept the
position of fieldman for the
same company at Boone.
With headquarters here In
Franklin, Mr. Nave has been
doing milk production promo
tion work in Swain, Macon, and
Jackson Counties in North Car
olina and part of Rabun coun
ty, Ga. He will do similar work
at the Sugar Grove milk re-,
ceiving station near Boone.
Mrs. Nave and family plan to
join Mr. Nave in Boone at an
early date.
Mr. Nave was a member of
the local Lions club and com
mander of the local American
Legion post.
Time For Listing
Franklin Township
Property Extended
The deadline for listing taxes
in Franklin township has been
extended from January 31 to
Saturday, February 7, Lake V.
Shope, county tax supervisor,
announced this week.
Because of the bad weather,
Mr. Shope explained, it has
been impossible for many prop
erty owners to get into Frank
lin to list their property.
Major Carmack Reported
Very 111 At Mayo Clinic
Friends here have learned
that Major Frank Carmack is
gravely ill at the Mayo clinic,
Rochester, Minn. Major and
Mrs. Carmack are the former
owners and operators of the
Franklin Lodge and Golf Course
and have been summer resi
dents of Franklin for many
years.
HAS TAX FORMS
A supply of intangible tax
forms has been received here
and can be obtained at the reg
ister of deeds office, according
to Lake V. Shope, register.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the Co
weta Experiment station, follow:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday 48 33 .03
Thursday 49 28 .01
Friday 37 34 .02
Saturday 36 29 .66
Sunday 42 8 .04
Monday 45 13 0
Tuesday 39 32 .17
Wednesday .... 28 .70*
* Melted snow.
Six Inches of snow during the
seven-day period Wednesday,
January 21, through Tuesday,
Jcpuary 27.