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VOL. LXIII? NO. 15
FRANKLIN, N. C\. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948
S2.00 PKR YEAR
COURT TERM
IS POSTPONED
TILL APRIL 19
Judge Phones Brookshire
Ordering Week's
Delay
The April term of Macon su
perior court, which had been
scheduled for next week, has
been postponed for one week.
Court will convene Monday
l( morning, April 19, instead of
next Monday.
Judge F. Donald Phillips, who
is assigned to hold this term of
court here, Tuesday telephoned
Clinton Brookshire, clerk of Su
perior court, to say that It will
be impossible for him to be here
next Monday. The judge order
ed the court term postponed till
April 19.
. Court officials yesterday
pointed out that jurors for both
the first and second week ol
court should report Monday
morning, April 19. Witnesses
who were subpoenaed to appear
April 12, and defendants who
are under bond to appear that
date, all should appear on April
19 instead, It was pointed out.
Legion Memorial
Fund Committee Is
Headed By Sloan
An American Legion commit
tee to raise about $14,000 for
an educational fund, in mem
ory of Macon County's dead of
World War 2, will be headed by
Bob Sloan.
He was appointed at last
Thursday night's meeting of the
local post of the Legion. Com
mander W. H. Finley will be an
ex officio member, and he and
Mr. Sloan were directed to name
three other members to work
with them.
It is proposed to raise 10 cents
for each school child in the
county, $10 for each Macon
County man or woman who
served in the armed forces dur
ing the last war, and $100 for
e^ch man who gave his lite.
When raised, the fund is to be
merged with a similar one which
is in memory of Macon's dead
of World War 1.
829 LOSE LICENSES
During March 829 persons in
North Carolina lost their driving
licenses because of drunken
driving.
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Early Thursday Sheriff Roane
received a telephone dispatch
from Dillsboro directing him to
arrest Coot (Ritchie) Gibson, a
mulatto woman living beyond
the Iron Bridge, for the murder
of Col. A. M. Stoner. It was
that on Tuesday of last
week "Coot" was at Dillsboro
and had a difficulty with the
Colonel about a small account
she claimed he was due her,
and that she struck him three
blows on the head with a piece
of wood and then left for home.
Thursday morning Col. Stoner
was found dead in his bed.
Sherriff Roane placed the wom
an in Jail. About noon another
message came to release her, as
it was found that the Col. had
died from an overdose of mor
phine that he had purchased at
the drugstore the day before.
25 YEARS AGO
Fire which threatened to wipe
out the heart of the business
section of Sylva early this morn
ing destroyed the Commercial
hotel building and three other
structures before It was brought
under control. Conservative esti
mates place the loss at >50,000.
Four buildings were burned to
the ground and damage was In
flicted on others across the
street by the intense heat gen
erated.
10 YEARS AGO
An ordinance was passed by
the town board Monday night
prohibiting produce and fruit
peddlers or peddlers' trucks up
on Public square or the business
streets of the town. The Intent
Is to keep the Public square free
for parking, and alio to do
away with the traah and litter
which come* from peddleri'
truck*.
Food Handlers'
School Here Set
For April 26-28
The Food Handlers' school
to be held here has been set
for Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, April 26, 27, and
28, it was announced this
week.
The school, to be held in
the Agricultural building, is
for all public food handlers
in the county, and approxi
mately 200 are expected to
take the course, according to
C. B. Thomas, sanitarian for
this health district.
The same class will be
held mornings and after
noons, it was explained, so
that part of the employes of
an establishment may at
tend in the morning, and
the others in the afternoon.
COMMISSIONERS
ACT 0N3 ISSUES
Veterans Officer Will
Work Part Time
In Future
The board of county commis
sioners, at its meeting Monday,1
approved one road petition, de
nied an application for beer li
cense, reduced the hours and
salary of the county veterans
service officer, and transacted
routine business.
Bill Bryson, veterans service
officer since early in 1947,
hereafter will be in his office
In the courthouse from 9 to 2,
Instead of all day. His salary,
previously $2,000 a year, was re
duced proportionately to $110
per month. Mr. Bryson told the
commissioners that the work no
longer requires full time.
The application of Joe Cagle
for a license to sell beer at
Warren's place, on the Cowee
mountain, was denied.
The commissioners received a
petition that the Setser Branch
road, which leaves the Georgia
highway near the Sellers place,
be taken over and maintained
by the state. The petition was
approved and forwarded to the
State Highway and Public
?Vorks commission.
Girl Scouts
Organize Senior T roop ;
Mrs. Porter Leader
Franklin Girl Scouts organiz
ed a senior troop at the meeting
last Thursday night at the home
of Mrs. Robert (Bob) Porter.
Eleven girls were present.
Mrs. Porter has agreed to
serve as leader of the senior
Scouts.
Officers were elected as fol
lows: Elizabeth Jones, president;
Wilma Gay Phillips, secretary;
Betty Lou Constance, treasurer;
and Mariann Sherrill, hospitality
chairman.
It was decided to meet at the
home of Mrs. Porter at 7 o'clock
every Thursday night.
Those present voted to limit
the membership of the troop
to 12.
The senior Scouts plan a food
sale in the near future to raise
funds for Scout projects.
'Geographic' Has
Macon Photograph
In Current Issue
A Macon County photograph
appears in the current issue of
the National Geographic maga
zine. The picture shows a cow
oin the A. B. Single farm being
milked by a milking machine.
Miss Myra Slagle, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Slagle and
niece of A. B. Slagle, poses as
a "dairy maid", the picture's
caption being "Where Are You
Going, My Pretty Maid?" It is
explained that, by using electric
milkers, the 115 cows on the
farm can be milked in 55 min
utes.
The photo is one of a number
used to Illustrate an article by
Frederick Simpich on "Around
the 'Great Lakes of the South'."
Officers Are Chosen
By Methodist Youth
Election of officers highlight
ed the business session of the
sub-district meeting of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship at
Anbury church Monday evening.
Manuel Holland was reelected
president; Bob Myers was elect
ed vice-president; Freda Slier,
secretary - treasurer; Burton
Leach, publicity chairman; and
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Pangle, co
> counsellors. Asbury young peo
ple, in charge of the program,
provided recreation and served
refreshments,
Mrs. Conley
Heads Macon
Cancer Work
Eleven Macon County persons
died of cancer in 1946, and 11
more died during the first nine
months of 1947, it was pointed
out this week by Mrs. Lester
Conley, who has just been ap
pointed county commander of
the American Cancer Society's
field army.
"The tragic thing about these
figures", Mrs. Conley comment
ed, "is that one-third to one
half of those who died need not
have died".
To prevent these unnecessary
Cancer deaths, the American
Cancer Society is conducting a ;
nation-wide campaign of re
search ana education? research
to find th; causes and cure for
the (iiseast, and education so
that cancer may be discovered
early, when there is a good
chance i'cr a cure
Macon County this year has
been asked to give $300 for the
work of the society, Mrs. Conley
said, and she added that a
county campaign chairman will
be appointed shortly to conduct
a campaign for that sum as a
minimum.
In citing the need for the so
ciety's program, Mrs. Conley
said that there has been a defi
nite reduction in the cancer
death rate in communities in
which a program of education
and service has been carried
out.
V an Raalte
Mutual Aid
Body Formed
A Mutual Aid association
financed jointly by company
and employes? has been organ
ized at the Franklin plant of the
Van Raalte company, and last
Thursday employes elected a
ooard of six directors.
The purpose of the associa
tion, it was pointed out, is to
provide funds to assist employes
in circumstances not ordinarily
covered by the Workman's Com
pensation act.
A similar association recently
was organized at the Brysan
City plant, it was said, and with
the organization formed at
Franklin, all the Southern "Van
Raalte plants are represented.
Elected as directors of the
Franklin association are Miss
Hallie Cabe, Mrs. Aileen Angel,
Miss Katherine Conley, Mrs.
Dolly Angel, Mrs. Margaret Neal,
and Mrs. Beatrice DeWeese. Mrs.
Jeanette Elliott, Mrs. Pallie La
Boone, Mrs. Pearl Stewart, Mrs.
Ian Moses, Mac Duncan, and
Mrs. Bertha Bryson were chosen
as alternates.
The board, it was explained,
will be responsible for the busi
ness affairs of the association,
including disbursement of funds
Additional directors, not to* ex
ceed a total of 15, will be elect
ed as the number of employes
increases.
Membership in the association,
it was emphasized, is voluntary.
After an employe has been a
member for three months, he
or she is entitled to draw funds
for sickness or accident, sur
gery or hospital care. X-ray or
laboratory fees, or for physic
ian's bills for accident. In addi
tion, retirement and death bene
fits will be provided, and, for
women with as much as one
year's service, maternity bene
fits. The amount that may be
drawn will depend on the mem
ber's seniority.
About 25 per cent of the funds
are to be provided by employes,
through a 25-cent Initiation fee
and dues of 50 cents per month.
The remainder will be provided
by the company, which will de
posit $2,500 as an initial fund.
Questionnaire
Is Reprinted For
Ones Who Forgot
Did you plan to fill out
that North Carolina School
Questionnaire that appeared
in last week's Press?
And did you neglect do
ing it?
And now have you mislaid
last week's paper?
Just in case you did, the
questionnaire is being re
printed, and appears on
page S of this week's issue.
Better fill It out right
now, while you think about
it. It will not be published
?fain.
School Building Program
Likely To Wait Till '49
Alley To Speak
At Y. D. Meeting
Here Wednesday
Judge Felix M. Alley, of
Wmynesville, will be the
guest speaker at a Young
Democrats organizational
meeting to be held at the
courthouse here next Wed
nesday evening at 8 o'clock,
it was announced this week.
Judge Alley, long-time res
ident superior court judge <of
this district, is one of the
most popular speakers in
this region.
The purpose of the meet
ing, it was explained, is to
reorganize a Young Demo
crats club in this county.
Democrats of all ages are
invited, it was added.
DOWDLE TO RUN
JOHNSON DRIVE
Sloan Files For Board
Of Education; None
Out For Senator
Appointment of one guberna
torial candidate's county cam
paign manager and the filing oi
one member of the county board
of education for renoimination
highlighted the local political
picture during the past week.
C. N. Dowdle, prominent
young Democrat has been ap
pointed Macon County campaign
manager for Charles M John
son in the latter's bid for the
Democratic nomination for gov
ernor.
The school board member to
file for reelection is Bob Sloan.
He is the firsthand, to date,
the only ^candidate to file for
the five member board.
In fact, only three other can
didates are so far in the field,
Carl S. Slagle and Charles A.
Elmore, both seeking the nom
ination for representative, and
Ray Norton, for county surveyor.
Under the somewhat unoffic
ial rule, it is Macon's turn this
year to name the state senator
from the " five-county thirty
third district, it is said, but no
candidate has so far announceo
?and there appears to havt
been little discussion of one.
Mr. Sloan, who is serving his.
first term on the school board,
ran second in the eight-man
race for the board in 1946, anc
was appointed by the 1947 gen
eral assembly. He is a native 01
Macon County, a graduate 01
the University of North Caro
lina, and a veteran of World
? Continued on Pace Six
Mrs. Brendle
Dies At Watauga Home
At Age Of 78
Mrs. Orrie Gibbs Brendle, 78,
died at her home in the Wa
tauga community Wednesday of
last week, following a long ill
ness.
Mrs. Brendle was the daughter
of the late Charles W. Gibbs
and Harriet Addington Gibbs
and was married to John
Thompson Brendle In 1889. She
was a member of the Bethel
Methodist church having join
ed at an early age.
Funeral services were held at
the Watauga Baptist church
Thursday at 3 o'clock, with the
Rev. Lee Crawford and the Rev.
J. H. Brendall, Jr., conducting
the service.
Pallbearers were John Sand
ers, Weaver Sanders, Odus
Mashburn, Johnnie Brendle, Os
car Thompson and Frank Scott.
She is survived by her hus
band; one son, Parks Brendle,
of Franklin, Route 4; two
daughters, Mrs. Buster Mash
burn and Mrs. Joe Brendle, also
of Franklin, Route 4; three
grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. J. E. Sanders, of Richmond,
Va.
Bryant funeral home was in
charge of the arrangements.
WHERE TO FILE CLAIMS
Claimants for unemployment
compensation and readjustment
allowances, who ordinarily ap
pear at the courthouse here,
should appear there tomorrow
(Friday) as usual, but should
present their claims Friday of
next week at the Agricultural
building, it was announced yes
terday.
126 Listed
On School
Honor Roll
One hundred twenty-six stu
dents attending the Franklin
school are on the honor roil for
the nine-week quarter ended
March 30, W. H. Finley, prin
cipal, announced this week.
Fifty of them are high school
students, and the other 76 are
enrolled in the first eight grades.
To make the honor roll, a
student must have a minimum
scholastic average halfway be
tween an "A" and a "B"? that
is, above 90 per< cent, it was ex
i plained.
The list of those on the lion-,
ti roll follows:
Twelfth grade:
Mrs. Marie Stewart's home
room: Juanita Allen, Barbara
Childers, Lucile Hannah, Mary
Will Henson, Ann Lyle, Jewel
Norton, Grace Tallent, Maxine
Roten, and Nell Yonce.
Miss Pauline Reid's room:
Ruth Angel, Artn Cabe, Kather
ine Furr, Marie Jennings, Ruby
E.11I011. I
Eleventh grade:
Miss Katherine Long: Doris
Dalrymple
Mrs. Katherine Matthews:
Mary Alice Archer, Iris Cabe,
Phyllis Moses, Elizabeth Ann
Phillips, Margaret Setser.
Tenth grade:
Mrs. Lois Fulton: Pauline
Anderson, Barbara Guffie, Helen
Henderson, Ethel Waldroop.
Mrs. Ruth Ross: Donald
Brown, Sarah Dalrymple, Betty
Sue Fouts, Joan Hopkins, Mary
Evelyn Sorrells, Nell Waldroop,
Dorothy Welch.
Mrs. Clinton Johnson: Edith
Hurst, Marie Waldroop, Jose
phine Dalton.
Ninth Grade:
William Crawford: Dudley
Jonley, Frank Henry, Freda Sil
ir, Wilma Gay Phillips, Conna
ree Nolen.
Miss Annie Bailey: Carolyn
Sryson, Agnes Carpenter, Una
Crawford. *
Mrs. Katherine O'Neil: Ann
Teague, Mary Standmire, Mary
ianne Sherrill, Sara Ledford,
Barbara Sue Holland, Christine
Hall, Barbara Gribble, Luanne
Jibson.
Eighth grade:
Frank Plyler: Charlotte Love,
3eorgie McDonald, Edward Pat
ron, Martha Ann Stockton.
Seventh grade:
Mrs. Virginia Ramsey: Ted
farmer, Jimmy Kinsland, Jack
U>ve, Lee Poindexter, Joe Phil
lips, Carroll Childers, Robert
Oowdle, Jack Kusterer, Grace
Brown, Moertis Angel.
Mrs. Margaret Flanagan: Julia
Moody, Max Phillips, Wayne
Wiggins.
Sixth grade:
Miss Mayberyl Moody: Rich
ard Russell, Frank Allison, Rob
ert Finley, Raymond Ledford,
? Continued on Page Six
Hubert Swafford,
F ormer Resident,
Killed In Mishap
Word has been received here
jf the death of Hubert Swaf
ford, 38, of Toccoa, Oa. Mr.
Swafford was in an automobile 1
wreck Saturday night near !
Clarkesville, Ga., and died Mon
day morning in a hospital in
Toccoa. Five other persons were
in the car at the time of the
wreck.
A native of Macon County, he
attended Oak Dale school be
fore moving to Toccoa with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Swalr
ford, seven years ago.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at the Toccoa Baptist
church. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
He is survived, besides the
parents, by one brother, J. A.
Swafford, of Toccoa; two sis
ters Mrs. Lois Mote, of Toccoa,
and another sister of Demorest,
Oa., whose name was not learn
ed. He was a nephew of Perry,
Will, Jim, and Harley Swafford,
all of Franklin, Route 3.
PLAN BOX SUPPER
The 4-H club of the Otto
school will sponsor a box supper
and cake walk at the Otto school
house tomorrow (Friday) night at
7:30. The proceeds will go to
the benefit of the 4-H club.
No Action Taken, But
Discussion Brings
Out Reasons
The county board of education
and the board of county com
missioners, in a joint session
Monday morning, discussed at
length the pros and cons of is
suing and selling the county's
$400,000 * in school bonds now,
and the related question of
whether to start construction of
new school buildings as soon as
the bonds can be sold.
No official action was taken?
nobody even made a motion
but the discussion indicated that
it's a safe bet no permanent
school buildings will be started
in this county before early 1949.
Here are some of the reasons
why, all brought out in the dis
cussion :
X. The bonds may be sold at
any time before July 1, 1949- A
month ago, . when the board of
education requested the commis
sioners to issue and sell the
bonds at once, members of the
education board were under the
impression? and told the com
missioners ? that the bonds
would expire unless they were
sold prior to January 1 of next
year. But it has since been
learned that a 1947 legislative
act extended the life of bonds
voted in late 1945 until July 1,
1949.
2. By the time the bonds
could be issued, advertised, and
sold, and construction bids could
be let, it is highly improbable*
that any new buildings could
be completed in time for the
opening of school next fall.
3. It is generally conceded
that the next general assembly,
meeting in January, probably
will appropriate funds for state
aid to counties in constructing
new school buildings Nobody
knows the form such aid will
take, but it is possible it may
be provided on a matching
basis? that is, the amount the
state would give a county would
be in proportion to what the
county put up. If state aid
should be on a matching basis,
and this county already had
spent part of its $400,000, it
would have less money to matcn
state funds, and thus would
stand to lose.
4. When the county commis
sioners, the body which must
issue the bonds, asks the Local
Government commission in Ral
eigh to sell them, it must an
swer two questions: Is the coun
ty ready to start construction
work? and will the proceeds
from the bond issue be suf
ficient to complete the project
proposed. Members of the board
of commissioners suggested that,
when the Local Government
commission sells the bonds, it
will be up to the board of edu
cation to start work? and thus
run the risk of losing some
state aid money. They also
pointed out that it is obvious
$400,000 will not put up the
buildings proposed at the time
the bond issue was submitted
to a vote of the people of the
county, and that there Is a
probability that bond attorneys
might refuse to approve the
bonds for that reason.
Prior to the joint session, the
board of education heard a dele
gation, which appeared to sug
gest the advantages of a con
solidated grammer school In the
Holly Springs section, and to
recommend a site that is avail
able.
Opening the Joint session dis
cussion, Commission Chairman
? Continued on Page Ten
RECEIVE INQUIRIES
The Asheville ' Chamber of
Commerce got 1,100 inquiries
from advertising In the National
Geographic.
The Weather
I Temperatures and precipita
j tlon for the past seven days,
I and the low temperature yes
I terday, as recorded at the Co
! weta Experiment station, follow:
\
High Low Prec.
Wednesday .. 59 49 1.11
Thursday 67 43 .52
Friday 60 I 45 .04
Saturday 71 29 0
Sunday 65 28 0
Monday 87 44 .01
Tuesday 65 52 .58
Wednesday 51 T*
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