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VOL. LVIII ? NO. 11
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FRANKLIN. N. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1948
$2.00 PER YEAR
N.C. ORCHESTRA
WILL APPEAR
HERE MONDAY
Little Symphony To Play
For Children At 2,
Adults At 6:30
The North Carolina Little
Sympho.iy will appear in Frank
lin for Ine third successive sea
son when it presents two con
certs at the Macon theatre here
Monday.
The 23-member group, under
the- baton of Dr. Benjamin
Swalin, director, will give a free
performance for school children
of the cjunty at 2 o'clock Mon
day afternoon. The adult con
cert that evening will start
promptly at 6:30.
Membership sales were dis
continued the last of February.
Non-members who wish to at
tend the evening concert, how
ever, may obtain tickets at the
box ofnee Monday evening, W.
W. Sloan, county chairman, said.
Adult tickets are $2.10; those
for students, 90 cents.
Members are requested, Mr.
Sloan s_id, to bring their mem
bership receipts and show them
at the door.
Principals of all schools in
the cou.ity, the chairman em
phasized, are invited to send
children to the free concert ?
as many as care to come and
have tiansportation. A large
number of seats in the 600-seat
theater will be reserved in the
afternoon for children from out
side Franklin, he added.
Members of the orchestra are
expected to arrive here Monday
morning, and probably will
spend t.onday night here.
The program for the evening
concert iollows:
I. Harden, Symphony No. 94,
in G major ("Surprise"): 1.
Slow and sustained? vivacious;
2. Flowing; 3. Minute, in lively
tempo; 4. Fast.
Intermission.
II. Sibelius, Valse Triste.
Mozart, Country Dance No. 1
(K-609>; German Dance No. 3
(K-605) ("Sleighride").
Glink "Kamarinskaya", a
Slavonic Wedding Fantasy.
Schubert, "The Bee".
III. Tschaikowsky, Andante
Cantabile.
Porter, "Begin the Beguine".
Strauss, Waltz, "The Blue
Danube".
Following is the program for
the children's matinee:
Country Dance, Mozart; "Sur
? Continued on Page Six
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files ol The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Dr. W. H. Higgins Is excavat
ing, and placing the brick on
his lot just east of the Hotel
Jarrett for the purpose of erect
ing a new brick building.
We need some corn and need
it badly and hope some of our
subscribers will bring us some
at once. Bring it the next time
that you are in town.
We were pleased to see Mrs.
Jas. K. Gray, of EUijay, in town
last Monday looking quite well.
She had just returned" from a
visit to relatives on Cartooge
chaye.
25 YEARS AGO
Shipping sour cream to the
creameries is proving a profit
able business for the farmers
of Macon. Mr. Charles Crisp
shipped a five-gallon can of
cream that he got from two
cows in seven days. His check .
was for $7.55. This was more
than thirty-five cents per day
for each cow. During the last
half of February J. S. Trotter
shipped i s'nt five-gallon cans of
cream to ? the State college
creamery at Athens, Ga., and
received $50".54, or almost two
dollars per gallon. He was paid
on the basis of Slyic per pound
for butter fat.
10 YEARS AGO
The Guernsey heard of Sher
iff A. B. Slagle was one of the
44 dairy herds In the state
which made honor roll require
ments for 1837, It was learned
Tuesday. There were 110 herds
on test by the Dairy Herd Im
' provement association, and to
make the honor roll, a herd
must show an average of 300
pounds or more of butterfat The
Slagle herd of 22 cow* averaged
118 pound*.
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THAD D. BRYSON, JR.
BRYSON FILES
AS SOLICITOR
Franklin Attorney Named
To Succeed Jones In
20th District
Thad D. Bryson, Jr., whose
appointment as solicitor of the
twentieth judicial district was
announced by Gov. Cherry in
Raleigh late last Wednesday,
will seek nomination for a bul
letin In the May primary and
election in the November gen
eral election.
Mr. Bryson filed with the
state boad of election shortly
after, he was sworn in Friday
morning at 10 o'clock in Ral
eigh. The oath of office was
administered by Associated Jus
tice J. Wallace Winborne.
Appointed to succeed the late
Baxter C. Jones, of Bryson City,
Mr. Bryson's appointive term is
for the period until the next
general election. He will hold
his first court as solicitor in
Graham county next week. He
already has held a term as act
ing aglicitor, however, in Jack
son county.
This district is made up of
Cherokee, Graham, Clay, Ma
con, Swain, Jackson, and Ha.,
wood counties.
A native of Bryson City, Mr.
Bryson, 44, has practiced law
in Franklin since 1939. He and
his family also made their home
here for about five years, but
their residence has been in Bry
son City since 1944.
The son of Judge T. D. and
Mrs. Amy Black Bryson, the
Franklin attorney was educated
in the Bryson City schools and
at the University of North Car
olina, and was licensed to prac
tice law in 1925. He was mayor
of Bryson City from 1931 to 1939,
and represented Swain county
in the lower house of the gen
eral assembly in 1939.
Dancing School
To Open Here If Enough
Are Interested
Franklin may have a dancing
school this summer.
All that is needed is for
enough people to indicate their
interest.
Franklin persons recently in
Miami made contact with Mrs.
Rose Johnson, who operates a
school In Miami, and she
agreed to come to Franklin and
conduct classes in tap, ballet,
and athletic dancing during the
months of July, August, and :
September, provided she can ob
tain as many as 30 pupils.
Mrs. Johnson, who heads the
Rose Johnson School of the ;
Dance, is a member of the Unit- -
ed Studios of Music, Dancing ,
and Dramatic Art, and has
taught dancing for many years. ,
Her sister serves as pianist and ]
assistant.
Persons who are Interested in ,
obtaining summer dancing In- (
structlon for their children, of
any age from three through
high school, are asked to send
or leave their names at The
Press office, or they may write
Mrs. Johnson direct at 273 N. E.
79th Street, Miami. If and when
enough persons have expressed
an Interest to warrant Mrs.
Johnson's coming here, the
complete list of names will be
forwarded to her.
PASTORS TO MEET
The Western North Carolina
Baptist Pastors' conference, em
bracing churches west of Ashe
vllle, will meet at the Frist Bap
tist church here next monday at
10:30 a. m., It has been an
nounced by the Rev. Charles E.
Parker, secretary of the organi
zation. About 40 minlster4 are
expected for the all-day ses
?lon, Mr. Parker *ald.
$634 DONATED
TO RED CROSS
IN TWO DAYS
Third Of Quota Raised;
Workers Seek $2,230
In This County
Nearly a third of this county's
quota in the 1948 Red Cross
fund drive was raised the first
two days of the campaign, it
was announced yesterday.
The drive started here Mon
day, and solicitors late Tuesday
reported contributions totaling
$634.50. The county's quota for
this year is $2,230.
The campaign was preceded
by a "kick-off" dinner for work
ers, held last Friday evening at
Cagle's cafe.
In reviewing the varied work
of the Red Cross, workers cited 1
two new Red Cross activities in |
this county last year. A first .
aid instructors' course was giv- I
en, and those qualified by this
course as instructors have since I
been spreading the Red Cross
first aid "gospel", and similarly ]
a water safety and swimming
instructors' course prepared loc
al instructors to teach these
subjects At least four classes,
it was pointed out, have been
conducted by the newly qualifi
ed instructors.
Another new phase of Red
Cross work is the establishment
of a blood bank in Asheville,
with mobile units to be set up
In ail sections, in order to make
blood available without charge
to anyone who needs it.
The campaign is being con
ducted this week in almost every
section of Macon County, ex
cept Highlands, which will start
Its campaign next Monday.
Workers Listed
The list of campaign workers
and the localities in which they
are soliciting follows:
Franklin:
Main street, T. W. Angel, Jr.,
and Pritchard Smith, Jr.; Geor
gia road, Mrs. John Crawford;
? Continued on Page Six
Basketball
Tournament
Is Planned
Plans for a county-wide ele- ,
mentary school basketball tour
nament here the latter part of
March were announced this
week by Coaches W. F. Plyler
and W. G. Crawford, of the
Franklin school.
All the elementary schools in
the county are being invited to
enter teams, they said, adding
that six or eight principals al
ready have indicated that teams
from their school will take part
in the event.^
Contests for both boys' and
girls' teams are planned, with
trophies to be given the win
ners in both groups.
The eliminations and finals
are tentatively set for the week
of March 22. All the games will
be played at the Franklin school
at night.
75 To Be Models
In F ashion Show
Friday Afternoon
About 75 girls and young wo
men from Franklin and other
Macon County communities will
serve as models in the spring
fashion show, to be staged by
Frances' Shop at the Macon
Theatre tomorrow (Friday) aft
ernoon at 5:15 o'clock.
A variety of spring fashions
will be modeled, Mrs. Frances
Higdon said. i
In addition, a program of
music and tap dancing has been
arranged
?The general public Is invited
to the show.
Questionnaire Sheds Light
On What Highlands People
Think About Their School
Fifty-three patrons of the
Highlands school, replying to a
P. T. A questionnaire, said they
favor starting a new school
building at Highlands this
spring, in spite of today's high
cost of construction.
That number represented an
overwhelming majority of those
answering the questionnaire. Six
of those replying opposed build
ing now, and one had no opin
ion.
The questionnaire, designed
to find out what Highlands
people think about their school
and how it could be improved,
was distributed, and the results
compiled, by the Highlands
Parent-Teacher association pro
gram committee, headed by Mrs.
Elizabeth Valentine. No signa
tures were required, so that
people would feel free to ex
press themselves frankly.
Reporting the results at last
week's P. T. A. meeting, Mrs.
Valentine said questionnaires
were sent to 200 patrons of the
school, and that more than 60
replied, answering some or all
of the questions. Remarking
that the percentage of returns
was far above the national av
erage for such polls, Mrs. Val
entine expressed gratification at
the interest shown.
Other questions, with the num
bers answering "yes" or "no ' 01
expressing no opinion, follow:
Question : Should vocational
training, such as courses in ag
riculture, animal husbandry,
carpentry, and home economics,
be added to the high school cir
riculum?
Answers: Yes, 62; no. 0.
Which of the above do you
consider most important?
Answer: Home economics, 44;
agriculture, 25; carpentry, 25.
Do you think vocational in
struction in school might lead
? Continued tin Fage Seven
ROCK DRIVES
TO MEMORIAL
Work On Project Begun;
Parking Space Also
To Be Graveled
Plans for making the drive
ways leading from the highway
to the Slagle Memorial all
weather roads have been an
nounced by the Memorial s
board of trustees, and work got
under way Monday.
The program calls for the
grading and graveling of the
drives on both sides of the hill
on which the Memorial building
stands, extending the graveled
drives around to the south side
of the building, where a spot
originally was set aside for park
ing, and placing stone on that
parking space.
Later, It is proposed to black
top the gravel surface.
The grading already has been
completed, and it is anticipated
that the stone will have been
placed within a short time.
The work was made possible,
members of the board of trus
tees said, by donation of $300
by Dr. Edgar Engel, contributed
for the purpose: The project is
expected to cost just &bout that
sum.
The gravel is to be hauled
and spread by L. B. Phillips,
who is doing the work at cost.
Police Alarm
System Put Into Effect
To Speed Calls
A police alarm, recently ord
ered by the Town of Franklin,
was installed Tuesday afternoon.
The gadget was placed on the
front of the Western Carolina
Telephone company building,
and may be sounded by the
telephone operator at the re
quest of a person calling the
police.
The operator sounds the
alarm, the police officer, where
ever he may be on the streets,
picks up the nearest telephone,
and Is immediately connected
with the person calling for po
lice protection.
836 KILLED BY AUTOS
During 1947, 836 persons were
killed and 6,524 were Injured as
a result of 12,5X1 traffic acci
dents on North Carolina streets
and highways.
PAUL PATTON VERY ILL
The condition of Paul Patton,
of Franklin, Route 1, who Is
critically ill at Angel hospital,
remains unchanged, members of
his family said.
Highlands Depository
To Become Branch Bank
Following 14 years of opera
tion as a depository office, the
Jackson County Bank of High
lands will become a branch bank
of the Jackson County Bank of
Sylva on March IS, according to
an announcement today by R.
L. Arlail, executive vice-presi
dent of the Jackson County
Bank.
J. W. Williamson, of Haywood
county, will serve as cashier of
the new bank. Mr. Williamson
comes to Highlands after seven
years' service with the Florida
National bank of Lakeland, Fla.
and 10 years with the Wachovia
Bank and Trust Company, in
Asheville.
Misses Caroline Hall and
Marian Norton, who have oper
ated the depository, will con
tinue to work with the new
bank.
Mrs. Williamson and two chil
dren, Mary, 14, and Jimmy, 12,
are at present residing in Ashe
ville, but will move here at the
end of thU school term.
Rogers Hall Here
Is Purchased By j
Florida Couple
Rogers Hall, 25 -room 'hotel
atop Rogers Hill here, has
been sold by W. Roy Car
penter, of Franklin, to Mr.
and Mrs. Sigurd Dillevig, of
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., it was
announced this week.
The sale price was re
ported to have been approx
imately $20,000.
Mr. Dillevig is in the boat
building business at Fort
Lauderdale. He and Mrs.
Dillevig have spent a num
ber of summers in Highlands
and own a building site on
Fifth street there, purchas
ed several years ago. Last
year they spent six months
visiting their native Norway.
They have not announced
their plans for the Rogers
property, which includes a
12-acre tract with the house.
The deal was handled by
Frank B. Cook, Highlands
real estate dealer.
Hannah Held
In Shooting
Of His Wife
Floyd Hannah, 36, is being
held in jail here without bond
in connection with the shotgun
wounding of Mrs. Hannah, 28,
at their home in the Enijay
section about 6:30 o'clock last
Friday morning.
Mrs. Hannah, who suffered
multiple perforations of the in
testines, is in satisfactory con
dition, it was said Wednesday
at Angel hospital.
Hannah told Sheriff J. P.
Bradley and Pritchard Smith,
Jr., highway patrolman, who
Investigated the case and made
the arrest, that he and his wife
had been having domestic trou
ble, and had quarreled the night
before.
He said she had hidden all
the shells for his guns, but
Friday morning he borrowed a
.16 guage shotgun from a
neighbor, Dave Rogers, with the
explanation that he wanted to
go squirrel hunting.
When he returned home, he
said, he told his wife: "You
didn't think I could get a gun,
did you?" She replied: "Maybe
you think I haven't one."
Whereupon, Hannah said, his
wife fired through the open
door. He then shot her, he said.
Sheriff Bradley said the
charge from the shotgun went
through the door facing before
striking Mrs. Hannah.
Jarretts Purchase Sylva
Laundry, Plan To Reopen
The Sylva laundry, which has
been closed for sometime by a
strike, has been purchased from
Harry Ferguson by R. F. Jarrett
and sons, it was announced
Wednesday. While the strike had
not been definitely settled, the
new owners said plans call for
the plant to resume operations
Monday. J. T. Oribble will con
tinue as office manager.
WORK ON ROADS
State Highway department
and Forest Service road equip
ment and men recently have
been in Nantahala township,
scraping the chief roads in that
section, It has been learned
here.
DEPOT STREET
PAVING BEGUN
Asphalt Surface To Be
Placed On Main Street
This Spring
The long-delayed surfacing of
Depot street got under way last
Friday, and the placing of the
stone on the street will be com
pleted this week, it was said
by R. E. Allison, superintendent
of the Asheville Paving com
pany, which was awarded the
contract by the town.
Mr. Allison also revealed that
his firm will place an inch and
a half of asphalt on Main
street, from the railway sta
tion to the intersection of West
Main street ^.with the Georgia
highway, in May. Contract for
this work has been let by the
state.
Sufficient stone is being plac
ed on Depot Street, Mr. Allison
said, so that the new layer, plus
that already on the street, will
total six inches of traffic bound
stone.
The stone will be kept in con
dition, Mr. Allison said, until
about the middle of May, when
an inch and a half ol asphalt
will be placed on the stone sur
face.
The distance to be surfaced
from the railway station south
to the railroad crossing? is
about 3,500 feet, Mr. Allison
said.
Mrs, H. Talley
Dies In Her Sleep At
Highlands Home
Mrs. Hettie Talley, 40, wife
of Elbert Talley, of Highlands,
died at her home Tuesday morn
ing about 2 a. m. She died while
asleep and was found by one of
the members of the family the
next morning.
Funeral services were held at
the Scaly Baptist church Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 p. m.
and burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Talley was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wilson,
of Highlands.
She is survived by her hus
band; four children, Mrs Eliza
beth Angel, Miss Marie Talley,
Richard Talley, and Miss Elsic
Talley, all ol Highlands; two
brothers, Jerry and Green Wil
son, both of Highlands; five
sisters, Mrs. Joe Keener, Mrs.
Homer Miller, Mrs. Will Greene,
Mrs. Fred Greene and Mrs.
Maude Greene, and her parents.
Harmon H. Gnuse's
Mother Succumbs
At Memphis, Tenn.
Word was received here Tues
day of the death of Mrs. Har
mon H. Gnuse, Sr., 70, in Mem
phis at 4 a. m; Tuesday. Her
son, Harmon H. Gnuse, Jr., was
summoned to Memphis Friday
when she became ill. Death was
believed caused by a cerebral
hemorrhage.
Funeral services were set for
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in
Memphis.
Mrs. Gnuse had often visited
her son and daughter-in-law
here.
Mrs. Penland To
Leave For Japan
To Join Husband
Mrs. Ethel L. Penland plans
to leave Highlands April 6 for
Japan, to join her husband, T.
Sgt. James N. Penland, of High
lands, who is stationed at Yok
ota, near Tokyo. She will be
accompanied by their 1 /-montn
old daughter, Hazel Louise.
It will be the first time Sgt.
Penland has seen his wife and
child since he left Highland;,
in December, 1946, for his over
seas assignment.
The Weather
i
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the Co
weta Experiment station, follow:
Wednesday 34 .03
High Low Prec.
Wednesday
55 37 .11
60 38 .24
51 29 0
43 28 .31*
63 36 273
64 33 0
51 36 .02
Thursday
Friday ...
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday .
* Melted snow. The snow was
4 yi inches In depth.