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VOL. LXIII? NO. 21
FRANKLIN. N. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 80, 1948
TWELVE PAGES
150 FORESTERS
FROM 3 STATES
TO MEET HERE
Society's Appalachian
Section Attracted By
Goweeta Work
The annual meeting of the
Appalachian section of the So
ciety of American Foresters will
be held here next week, and is
expected to attract about 15U
persons from three states.
The Ooweeta Forest and hy
drological laboratory, said to be
the moot extensively developed
water resource management re
search project In the world, ii
the attraction which brings the
foresters to Franklin.
The visitors will arrive here
Friday afternoon, and will have
a picnic supper at Cliffside
Lake, in the Nantahala Na
tional Forest, at 5 o'clock, fol
lowed by a briet evening ses
sion in the outdoor amphithe
atre at Cliffside.
Saturday, starting at 9 a. m.,
the foresters will spend the
morning at the Coweeta sta
tion, studying the water re
source management work being
done there. The meeting will
adjourn at 1 p. m. Saturday,
but a number of those attend
ing are expected to remain in
Franklin and vicinity over the
week-end.
At least one of the visitors
should ieel perfectly at home in
Franklin, local forest officials
commented this week. He is
Tom Barron, chairman of the
section, whose home Is Frank
lin?but Franklin, Va. Harold
F. Bishop, of Columbia, S. C.,
is the organization's secretary.
The section covers Virginia and
the two Caroli-nas.
E. W. Renshaw, supervisor of
the Nantahala National Forest,
who is in charge of local ar
rangements, expressed surprise
that reservations were found
here with ease for so large a
group of people. Kelly's inn will
be hotel headquarters for the
group. Reservations also were
made at Hotel Hearn, Mrs. R.
G. Be&hears' residence, the
Franklin Terrace, Trimcnt inn,
Panorana courts, and Sanders
Motor court.
PLAN RUMMAGE SALE I
A rummage sale will be held
Saturday morning by the Wom
an's auxiliary of the St. Agnes
Episcopal church at 11 o'clock
on Main street, near McKelvey's
Seed store.
r.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
We learn that Capt. C. J. Har
ris has let the contract to have
a new mill house built, ancj to
have new mill machinery put in
at the mill site he recently
bought of Capt. Munday, and
soo.i he will remove his pin fac
tory and place the machinery in
the old mill building. Two or
three turbine wheels will be put
In and the dam raised higher
and the water power wiil be
greatly increased. There is also
some talk of getting him to put
in an electric power plant to
furnish electric lights for
Franklin.
25 YEARS AGO
The citizens of Stiles and
Tellico gave a free day on the
roads and made a (111 at the
Tellico church. Those present
were Messrs James Ramsey,
Robert Ramsey, Harley Ramsey,
Harley Mason, Jeff Cabe, Rufus
McOaha, John Cabe, James Mc
Gaha, Columbus Welch, and
Clyde Morgan.
Announcement has been made
that the Macon County Ford
agency has changed hands In
the last few days, Mr. N. H.
Stiles, the former Ford dealer,
havlnjg sold his interest to S. R.
Jolnes, from Ashe county.
10 YEARS AGO
The display arranged by the
Franklin Chamber of Commerce
In the window of Bon Marche
In Ashevllle attracted a great
deal of attention and received
much favorable comment. The
display consisted of old guns,
pistols, and Indian relics loan
ed by A. W. Re id; a mineral
display loaned by.C. C West;
and a valuable hand-made
coverlet leaned by Dr. Idfar
AiWl.
WAYNE DEWEES
Veledictorian
ROBERTA ROPER
Salutatorian ?
HONOR STUDENTS ? Above
are the honor students of the
Otter Creek (Nantahala) High
school. Young Dewees is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. F Dewees,
of Kyle, and Miss Roper is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will
T. Roper, of Nantahala.
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TO GRADUATE 1
Four Boys, 3 Girls To Get
Diplomas; Parker Heard
In Baccalaureate
Four boys and three girls will
be graduated from the Otter
Creek (Nantahalat High school
in exercises tomorrow (Friday)
night at the school.
The graduates are Roberta
Roper, Arlesa Waters, Ruth
Cross, Howard Douthit, Wayne
Dewees, Herbert Bateman, and
Garland May.
County Superintendent Guy
L. Houk will make the com
mencement address and present
the diplomas.
The baccalaureate sermon
was delivered Sunday afternoon
by the Rev. Charles E. Parker,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Franklin. Mr. Parker,
whose sermon emphasized the
thought that a price must be
paid for any worth-while at
tainment, spoke to an audience
of students, parents, and friends
that filled the school auditor
ium.
For the exercises, the room
had been attractively decorated
with laurel, azalea (mountain
huneysuckle ) , and other flow
ers. Principal Carl D. Moses
presided at the Sunday pro
gram, which was preceded by |
vocal selections by singers of the
community. The graduates, in
caps and gowns, were seated on
the stage for the exercises.
The advancement of grammar
school students to high school
will be observed in a program
Thursday.
168 Permits
Issued As Cliffside Lake
Opens For Fishing
Indicating the interest in
fishing among local people and
visitors are the figures on per
mits at Cliffside Lake, in the
Nantahala National Forest, last
week-end, the first time it had
been open for fishing this sea
son.
One hundred thirty-four per
mits were issued on Saturday,
and 34 more up to 3 p. m. Sun
day, Forest Service officials
said. Most of those fslhlng at
Cliffside reported taking the
legal limit, with very few re
porting no catch.
Cliffside Lake will be open
each week-end through May, It
vu announced, and every day
from June 1 through August
SI. Psrmlts, given Tor a one
dollar fee. are obtainable at
the lalU bathhouse.
FORM SOFTBALL
LEAGUE FOR 12
WEEKS' SEASON
First Games Are Set For
Monday Night At
School Field
The Franklin Softball leauge,
made up ot half a dozen local
teams, will play its first games
of the season next Monday night
at the school atheletic field.
Announcement of Monday's
games followed organization of
the league by a group of inter
ested citizens. Last, year's con
tests proved an attraction to
both home people avid visitors
to Franklin. (
Two games will be played
Monday and Friday evening of
each week for the next 12
weeks, it was explained. The
first game on each night of
play will start at 7 o'clock, arid
the second at 9.
Teams that will participate,
with their managers, are: Ro
tary club, W. W, Sloan, man
ager; Oilers, Winton Perry;
American Legion, Horace (Red) |
Nolen; Burrell Motor company,
R. R. Gaines; Nantahala Power
and Light company, F. C.
Vaughn; and Zickgraf Hara
wood company, Herman Teems.
S. W. Mendenhall has been
chosen as league manager.
Other league officials are Mr.
Teems, assistant manager; E
L. Hyde, maintenance electric
ian; and Mr. Sloan, reporter.
Monday night's opening game
will be between the Rotary and
the Nantahala Power and Light
company, In the evening's sec
ond contest, the Legion will
meet Zickgraf.
Admission charges have been
set at 10 cents for children
and 25 cents for adults.
175 Applaud
First Graders
AtP.T.Meet
Approximately 175 persons at
tended Monday evening's meet
ing of the Franklin Parent
Teacher association? the final
session of this school year? to
witness a first graders' program
that brought repeated applause, t
and for the installation of the
association's officers for next 1
year.
Children from the first grade
rooms of Miss Amy Henderson
and Mrs Lee Guffey conducted
the devotional, and then pre
sented a program featuring a
marionette show, a maypole
dance, and songs and drills.
Each of the more than 100 chil
dren in the first grade, it was
said, either appeared on the
program or had a part in mak- |
? Continued on Page Eight
Franklin Loses Two
Games; To Play Here
Saturday And Sunday
Franklin, playing very loose
ball in the field, lost two games
last week-end. Saturday, the
local nine lost to Hayesville,
6-3, on the home diamond, and |
Sunday came back from Isa- '
bella, Tenn., on the small end
of a 9-0 score.
Poindexter was on the mound
for Franklin in the Saturday
affair, and Angel was the los
ing pitcher Sunday.
Local fans will have a good
opportunity to see the home
team strive to get back in the
winning column when they
take on Isabella for two home
games here this Saturday and
Sunday.
50 Airplanes To Be Here ,
Sunday Morning As Pilots
Hold Breakfast Meeting
Some 50 South Carolina pri
vate pilots will {ly their places
to Franklin this week-end,
tor a Sunday morning breakfast
at the Franklin airport.
The lliers are members of the
South Carolina Breakfast club,
a group which flies each week
end to some airport for a
breakfast meeting. Grant Zick
graf's port here, under the
management of George B Per- 1
kins, will serve breakfast and
provide a program.
The breakfast is set for 9:30 (
o'clock, and/ G. L. Houk has
been asked to serve as master ,
of ceremonies.
Immediately following the
breakfast, two stunt pilots from
Hesndersonville will provide an
air show, starting about 10:30,
Mr. Perkins said.
, The visitors will be taken on
a senic tour or will go fishing,
according to their inclinations.
| The tour will lead to Cliff
1 side lake and recreation area,
Highlands, and other points oi
interest.
I Those who wish to fish will
he taken to Nantahala Lake,
| wnere beats and bait will be
provided for them.
The club plans to make sev
eral Sunday morning breakfast
1 lights to Franklin this sea
son, it was said.
Some 01 the pilots are ex
pected to fly here Saturday
alteinoon, spending the night
in Franklin.
PLAN REVIVAL
AT TABERNACLE
Church Coining To Hold
County-Wide Series
Of Services i
Plans for a county-wide re
Ugious revival here next month
were announced this week. J
Dr. John R. Church, of Win
ston-Salem, will preach at the
series of services, under spon
sorship of Macon County
ft w?^es ?L a11 ^nominations,
as said. The evangelistic
meeting will open at 8pm
T=wfay' >June 6' at friendship
Tabernacle, on Bonny Crest
hiirf^-rS1' the services will be'
w?fh revival wU1 continue
with services each evening
through June 18.
Church, an approved
churrh I' Ph the Methodist
h^ fiPiri fW ely recognized in
his field of work He is known
in Macon County, havine
preached at Snow Hill and loUa
and possibly other churches hi
this county. Recently he held
;cxa' ^ c?s
tioniniStHrS ?f 311 denomina- ,
tions throughout the county
are asked to publicize the ap
proaching series of services it
was said, and to help arra' e
ansportation for persons in the
rural sections who have no
means of getting to town Per
sons who have cars or trucks '
avaiiawe for the purpose
-iokedto communicate with the
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Mr. And Mrs. Cook
Take Over Operation Of
Memorial
Trustees of the Slagle Me- !
morial have obtained the serv
ices of Mr. and Mrs. James A
,as aerators of the Me
morial community house, suc
FrS itMw and MrS' Van
week announced this
Mr. and Mrs. Cook, who mov
ed from the H. T. Sloan houle
on West Main street to the Me- I
morial caretaker's house Tues
ThpaSy *Te taken charge.
The Cooks have had long ex
perience in hotel and catering.
A number of years ago Mrs
Cook operated Trimont inn here
10 ,2 yCarS' and for ab?ut
10 years operated hotels in
Ga Thev' and Eat?nton,
"a- They moved back to
Franklin about a year ago.
to ri.th 1 to servlng meals
tions that a other organiza
tions that meet regularly at the
Memorial, Mr. and Mrs. Cook
will cater to parties and sim
ilar social events, they said.
Nantahala And Pisgah
Forests Attract More
Visitors Than Smokies
By BILL SHARPE
(Director, N. C. News Bureau)
Overshadowed in publicity by
the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park, the Pisgah and
Nantahala National Forests last
year pulled far ahead of the
park in popularity, drawing
more than 1,800,000 visitors,
most of them recreation bent.
More than half a million visit
ed the Nantahala alone.
The two foreiti, sections of
whloh adjoin each other, com
prise 80S, ui gross acres, all of
which Is already under protec
tion and practically all In vari
ous stages of dtvilopment. in
this territory lies not only some
of the major scenic attractions
of the Southern Appalachians,
but also recreational facilities
roads, trails, campgrounds, lakes,
picnic grounds?which are at
tracting an tncreasing army of
visitors. No matter how many
come, however, they are swiftly
swallowed up by the vastnesses
of the forests.
Plsgah comprises several divi
sions which roughly run from
Blowing Rock and the Tennes
see line to the South Carolina
line. It adjoins Nantahala In the
west, which In turn Joins the
Smoklci Park? the three areas
altogether embracing 1,891,111
?Continued on Page Twelve
inspection Lane
Rejects Third Of
Cars On First Day
More than one-third of
the motor vehicles that
passed through the inspec
tion lane here Tuesday left
with red rejection stickers
on their windshields.
A total of 156 privately
owned vehicles were inspect
ed. Of this number 82 were
approved on initial examin
ation, and 74 were rejected.
Thirty of the 74, however,
returned during the day,
after having adjustments
made, and won approval.
The total for the day,
therefore, was 112 approved,
and 44 rejected.
The largest number of re
jections was for faulty head
lights. Stop-lights and poor
steering assembly were sec
ond and third, respectively,
as the causes of rejections.
T. H. Johnson
Is New Head
OfDeipocrats
T. H. (Tom) Johnson, of
Franklin, is the new chairman
of the Macon County Demo
cratic executive committee.
Mr. Johnson, who will retire
soon as an employe of the
State Highway and Public
Works commission, was elected
at a meeting of the party's ex
ecutive committee, held just
prior to the county Democratic
convention, last Saturday after
noon at the Agricultural build
ing. He succeeds H. W. Cabe.
Miss Lassie Kelly remains as
vice-chairman, it was announc
ed after the committee meet
ing, and Mrs. Lester Conley was
elected as secretary.
The party's county executive
committee is made up of the
chairmen, elected every two
years, of the 12 precincts in
the county. The members of the
committee, named at precinct
meetings held May 8, were an
nounced at last Saturday's con
vention as follows:
C. Gordon Moore, Franklin
precinct; Carl D. Moses, Ellijay;
Albert Potts, Sugarfork; Ray
Dryman, Flats; Tom Alley,
Smithbridge; Neville Bryson,
Highlands; Jess Shape, Car
toogechaye; W. G. Roland,
[ Burningtown ; Jack Cabe, Mill
shoal; George Byrd, Cowee;
Bas Baldwin, Nantahala No. 1;
and Jim Shields, Nantahala No.
2.
At the county convention, at
which Mr. Cabe presided, it was
pointed out that the county is
entitled to 19 delegates to the
state convention in Raleigh to
day (Thursday), and, upon mo
tion of J. J. Mann, all Demo
crats who can attend were
chosen as delegates. Later,
however, the following were
elected as delegates, with the
understanding that others who
can attend may:
Carl Sorrells, Tom Alley, Wal
ter Gibson, C. Tom Bryson,
Fred Edwards, E. J. Whlbmire,
Mrs. Lester Conley, J. M. Raby,
and Miss Lassie Kelly.
A number of others were
nominated, but explained they
could not attend.
Upon motion of Mr. Mann,
the delegates will go to the
convention uninstructed
Mr. Cabe announced to the
convention that Mr. Johnson
had been elected county chair
man by the executive committee.
Mr. Cabe explained that he was
unable to serve another term,
and had asked to be relieved.
He expressed his appreciation
for the support he had receiv
ed during the past two years,
FRANKLIN HIGH
TO GRADUATE 84:
FINALS JUNE 1
Baccalaureate Is Set
For May 30; Award
Winners Listed
Commencement exercises of
the Franklin High school, which
got under way last Friday eve
ning when the annual junior
senior banquet was held, will be
climaxed with the graduation
program Tuesday night, June 1,
when 84 students 52 girls and
32 boys? will be presented their
diplomas by County Supt. Guy
L Houk
Meanwhile, the baccalaureate
sermon, to be preached by the
Rev. Hoyt Evans,' pastor of the
Franklin Presbyterian church,
is the next commencement
event. The baccalaureate serv
ice is set for Sunday, May 30,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Due to lack of space at the
school auditorium, and to its
poor acoustics, the graduation
exercises this year also will be
held at the theatre.
The speakers on the gradu
ation program will be five lead
ing students. At that program,
too, a dozen awards will be
made by Principal W. H. Fln
i ley.
The speakers will be Ann
Lyle and Marie Jennings, vale
dictorian and salutatorian, re
spectively, and Jewell Norton,
representing the home econom
ics department, Bobby Tippett,
vocational agriculture, and
Grace Tallent, the commercial
department.
Awards will be presented as
follows:
Activities, Lucille Hannah;
agriculture, Bobby Tippett; ath
letics, Harley Stewart; citizen
ship, Willie Curtis; commercial,
Grace Tallent; English, Maxine
Roten; home economics, Jewell
Norton; mathematics, AnnCabe;
president's award, Lyman Greg
ory; science, Francis Leopard;
social science, Ruth Angel; and
valedictorian's award, Ann Lyle.
Junior marshals for the grad
uation exercises will be Mary
Alice Archer, Iris Cabe, Nancy
Calloway, Doris Dalrymple; Ber
gen Hall, Julia Ann Higdon,
Hazel Moses, Elizabeth Ann
Phillips, and Ethel Roper. They
were chosen on a basis of
scholastic rating, it was ex
plained.
Musical features of the grad
uation program will include
selections by a girls' chorus
and the singing, by the seniors,
of their class song. The class
song was composed by Mrs.
Henry W. Cabe, and the words
are by Betty Sue Angel and
Juanita Allen. Music for both
the graduation and baccalaure
ate programs will be under the
direction of Mrs. J. A. Flana
gan and Mrs. Cabe.
The girls' chorus also will be
heard on the baccalaureate pro
gram.
More than 200 persons were
present for the junior-senior
banquet, held at the Slagle
Memorial, at which a Dutch
theme was carried out in the
decorations, the food, and the
? Continued on Page Eight
Boring Is Begun
For New Well On
Bryson Property
Boring for Franklin's
fifth deep well got under
way Monday.
The work is being done
by the Virginia Supply and
Well company, of Atlanta,
Ga., to which firm the
board of aldermen recent
ly let the contract.
The well is being bored
on the property of Dan Bry
son, to the rear of the
Highlands Briar plant. That
property was selected after
state health authorities re
fused approval of another
site, on which work had
been started, because of the
presence of a hog lot near
by.
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the Co
weta Experiment station, follow:
. Hill I ? WW U
'Sunday 83 41 0
Monday 78 45 0
Tuesday 73 36 0
W?dnwd?y tlttltll ???? 37
The Weather
j Saturday
Wednesday
Thursday ..
Friday
High Low Prec.
... 77 49 0
.... 78 54 0
... 71 41 0
... 79 35 0