Macon Highway Safety
Record for 1948 to Date
(From Stair Highway 1'utrol racoids)
KILLED 2
INJURED 9
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VOL. LXIII ? NO. 38
l-'KANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1948
BOBBY MORROW
KILLED IN AUTO
BICYCLE WRECK
Boy On Bicycle Collide*
With Car Driven By 1
Harding Angel
Bobby Morrow, 10-year old
son o( Mr. and Mrs. Lennox
(Dock) Morrow was killed In
stantly In a bicycle-auto acci
dent Tuesday morning at 7
o'clock. The accident occurred
at the Intersection of Ulco
_ >lrlve' .Wiyah street in the
Bonny Crest section of Frank
lin.
The driver of the auto, Hard
ing Angel, 24-year old son of
Mrs. A. A. Angel, has been re
leased under a $1,000 bond
pending a hearing which will
be held Monday morning before
Magistrate John M. l.oore.
Young Morrow was going to
a nearby grocery store on his
bicycle. As he entered Wayah
street to turn west he collided
with the car driven by
which was traveling east on
Wayah street. The boy wus
knocked approximately 25 feet.
His skull was crushed.
Eye-witnesses stated that
Morrow apparently did not see
the car before entering the I
street.
Frank Cabe was riding with
Angel at the time of the acci
dent. (
Funeral services for the child I
were held Wednesday afternoon I
at 2 o'clock at Andrews ceme
tery, with the Rev. T. A. Ogg of -
ficlating.
Surviving, in addition to the
parents, are two brothers, Billy
and Gene; two sisters, Linda
and Clara Ann; and the grand
mothers, Mrs. Clara Belle bor
row, of Andrews, and Mrs. Em
ma Watson, of Bryson City.
The body remained at the
Bryant funeral .home in Frank
lin until noon Wednesday.
Sloan Named Methodist
S. S. Superintendent
W. W. Sloan has been named
' svperlntendent of the Franklin
Methodist Sunday school. Mr.
Sloan succeeds Louis W. Man
ning. Mr. and Mrs. Manning are
moving away from Franklin.
PATROLMAN ASSIGNED
Vincent Bryson, of Andrews,
has been assigned by the North
Carolina State Highway patrol
to this county. For two months
he will work with Patrolman
Prltchard Smith, Jr., as a
trainee. Following completion of
the training period, he will be
assigned to the Highlands area.
He recently completed an eight
week course at Chapel Hill.
) Do You
Resnember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
^
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Mr. S. P. Ravenel, Jr., having
declined the nomination as
chairman of the Democratic ex
ecutive committee, N. L. Bar
nard, late chairman, called the
central committee together in
Dr. 8. H. Lyle's office Satur
day. On motion, A. W. Horn,
Esq., was elected chairman and
Dr. 8. H. Lyle, assistant chair
man. The following township
chairmen were chosen: Frank
lin No. 1, James Wilkes; Frank
lin No. 2, J. L. Barnard; Mill
shoal, Logan Berry; Ellljay, J.
B. Oray; Sugarfork, W. W.
Moss; Highlands, John Norton;
Flats, Q. P. White; Smlthbridge,
D. W. Penland; Cartoogechaye,
Arthur Slier; Nantahala, T. W.
Munday; Brlartown, Brow Low
ery; Burnlngtown, O. W. Par
rlsh; and Cowee, John Dalton.
25 YEARS AGO
Franklin will have another at
tractive Lyceum course this
winter. This course will consist
of four high-class numbers,
more expensive and of a high
er type than the well liked
course of last year.
A force of men is busy this
week erecting the new water
tank next to the old tank on
Harrison avenue.
1* YEARS AGO
The Franklin chapter of the
Future Farmers of America have
elected the following officers
for the ensuing year; President,
Raymond Culver; vice-preeldent,
Mack Patton; secretary, Brown
low Addlngton; treasurer, Bob
by McClure; reporter, Albert
i, pumsey, Jr.
s .
Dream Comes True; Now
Cartoogechaye Has Its
Own Community Center
This Is the story of a dream
that came true.
Rather, It Is the story of how
the dreamer made It come true;
for few dreams come true of
themselves.
It was a highly impractical
dream; there was little or
nothing to give it substance. A
strictly practical man, in fact,
would have dismissed the whole
idea as impossible. A strictly
practical man would have said:
"You don't build things with
out money, lots of money; and
certainly not in these times. A
very nice dream", a strictly
practical man would have con
cluded, "but it Just can't hap
pen."
Yet it did!
Out of a dream has grown a
church, a community center, tue
beginnings of a clinic, a play
ground, and a movement to pre
serve and revive the hand skills
that In other days here wrought
beautifully and well.
The first part of the dream
came true eight years ago
when the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
came back to Macon County.
All through the years away he
? Continued on Page Four!
TINIEST CHURCH? This is St.
John's Episcopal church, on
Cartoogechaye, which stands on
the site of the old church. A
beautiful chapel, it is perhaps
the smallest church in America.
HERE'S COMMUNITY CENT ER? Above is a view of the com
munity house and health center at Nonah Center, on Car
toogechaye. The lower floor is used as a community gather
ing place, the upper will serv e Cartoogechaye as a clinic. ,
Says Schools
Try 2 Jobs,
Fail At Both
The high schools of today are
attempting to prepare students
both (or college and to earn a
living, and are doing neither,
E. J. Whitmlre, vocational agri
culture teacher at the Frank
lin High school, told the Frank
lin Rotary club at Its meeting
Wednesday of last week.
Mr. Whitmlre 's remarks fol
lowed an analysis he made of
the high school and college
grades of seven young men all
of them now In college? who
were present for the meeting.
Among the seven were students
who were near the top of their
classes, students at the bottom,
and students who were about
average In their grades? and
six of the seven, he pointed out,
failed one or more courses In
college.
Remarking that the high
school curriculum of today is
little different from that of 25
or 50 years ago, he suggested
that high school students should
be offered one of two courses 1
a college preparatory course or
"honest - to - goodness vocational
training"? rather than a smat
tering of both.
At present, he continued, the
average child would be almost
as well off If he stopped school
at the end of his eighth or
ninth year. Under present con
ditions, he has to unlearn
much he has been taught in
school when he sets out to earn
a living, and the colleges are
unanimous In agreeing that the
high schools do not now prop
erly prepare students for col
lege work.
Macon County, he said, is
ahead of the average county in
this area, "but gtlll are not
getting the job done".
Much of the difficulty with
the schools Is at the state level,
Mr. Whitmlre said, remarking
that the average layman has no
conception of the amount of
red tape In the state school
system.
ATTENDS POLIO MEET
Mrs. Gladys Mae Shope, Ma
con County public health nurse,
attended a meeting In Ashevllle
Tuesday of representative! of
It Western North Carolina
county chapteri of the National
Foundation for Infantile Part
ly*,
614 REGISTER
IN DRAFT HERE
Draft registration continued
at even pace this past week
with 222 registering during the
week ending Tuesday. This
brought the total number of
registrants Up to 614.
The total number subject to
draft is at present 137, under
the present regulations. Sixty
nine of these registered during
the past week.
The draft board offices have
been moved to upstairs in the
new Burrell building, across
from the post office, and be
ginning next week will follow a
new schedule.
The office will be open from
9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Monday
through Friday only.
MEN'S CLUB TO MEET
The Cartoogechaye Men's club
will meet Saturday night at the
community center at 7:30
o'clock, according to an an
nouncement by President Fied
Slagle. Every one is invited, and
pictures will be shown, follow
ing the business session.
FRANKLIN HIGH
MEETS ANDREWS
FRIDAY NIGHT
Hope To Play First Home
Game In New Concrete
Stadium
With one victory under their
belt and hopes of playing In a
new stadium, the Franklin
Panthers will play their first
home game of the 1948 season
here Friday night when they
lake on the Andrews high
eleven at 8 o'clock.
Every effort Is being made to
ha\e the new concrete stadium
which will seat approximately
530 persons, according to John
M. Archer, member of the build
ing committee, completed by
game time Friday night.
This will be many local fans
first opportunity to seee this
year's team in action, however
many team supporters followed
the team to Murphy last Fri
day night saw Franklin, al
though outweighed 10 lbs. to
the man, trounce Murphy 18 to
0. Frank L. Henry III, the
Panthers' leading ground gain
er for the evening scored twice
on long end runs and Lewis
Welch scored the third touch
down on a 35 yard jaunt
through center. faohn M. (Bardy)
Archer III, playing his first
game as first string quarter
back, handled the ball well and
was a vital cog in making the
T offense click. Brown, Par
rish, and Pattillo were outstand
ing in a hard tackling line.
Coach Atkins said that he
was pleased with the mental .at
titude of the team and that he
felt that that was the deciding
factor in enabling them to de
feat the heavier team. However,
he said, that the play was spot
ty and that we were particu
larly poor on pass oifense and
defense.
When asked about Friday
night's game with Andrews, he
said that he was afraid that
we were in for a "good lick
ing". He pointed out that sev
eral players received injuries in
ilast week's game and that we
jhad no replacements. Heading
'the injury list was Henry, who
hurt his side and probably will
not be able to play Friday night.
Other first stringers who were
injured were Pattillo, Penland,
and Welch.
Coach Atkins said that the
probable starting Jine up would
ibe ends Pattillo, White, B.;
tackles, Parrlsh, Waldroop;
guards, Penland, Thomas; cen
ter, Alsup; qb. Archer; lh. Hen
ry or Myers; rh. Keener; fb.
Welch. Kick off time is 8 p. m.
Legion Postpones
Picnic One Week
The American Legion picnic
scheduled for this week on
Wayah Bald has been postpon
ed until Sunday, September 26.
This was to avoid conflict with
i the air show set for this Sun
day at the local airport.
A regular business meeting of
the Legion will be held Thurs
day evening at Slagle Memorial.
SCOUT GROUP TO MEET
The Smoky Mountain district
committee, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, will hold a dinner meeting
at the Slagle Memorial here to
morrow (Friday) night at 7
o'clock.
Nylon Hose Manufacture
Is Started At Franklin
By Van Raalte Company
The Van Raalte plant here
this week began the production
of nylon hose.
Production got under way up
on completion of installation of
a huge knitting machine. The
plant, in the past, has been
devoted to production of gloves
and the mending of hose made
by Van Raalte elsewhere.
The new machine, , 52 feet,
nine Inches in length, an Intri
cate mass of delicate mechan
isms, is the first of 10 such
machines It is proposed to in
stall here. A second machine Is
on hand, and will be set up as
rapidly as possible. Nine and a
half weeks is the time ordi
narily required to erect such a
machine, but the one Just put
Into operation wa* installed in
28 daya, the contractor having
worked night and day to get
the job done.
The machine, which required
an entire freight car to bring
here from Reading, Penna.,
where It was manufactured,
contains some 00,000 moving
parts. Its weight is approxi
mately 23 tons. At full capacity,
it will turn out 30 stockings in
47 minutes.
Mechanically picking up tiny
threads of nylon, which roll off
of scores of spools, the thous
ands of needles transform these
strands Into the material for
nylon hose. The material comes
froin the machine properly
shaped and cut, but must go
to the plant's loopers and seam
ers to be seamed and complet
ed?like a sleeve cut out by a
tailor but not sewed together.
The machines will stand In
pairs, facing each other, and
when the operators are train
ed, one man operator and two
women assistants can care for
two machines.
The plant here will manufac
ture hoae of 51 gauge, 15 denier,
a very sheer fabric.
The Van Raalte plant now
employs approximately 80 per
sons, about 60 of them In the
glove department, and 30 on
hosiery.
U. S. Chamber
i
Of Commerce Official To
Speak Here
Edd Cherry, of Atlanta, as
sistant manager of the South
eastern division of the United
States Chamber of Commerce,
will address a Franklin Chamb
er of Commerce meeting at the
Agricultural building tomorrow
(Friday ) evening at 7 o'clock ?
Mr. Cherry's topic will be
"Money Alone is Not Enough".
The talk will be illustrated with
slides.
The meeting, for chamber of
commerce members and other
Interested persons, originally
was set for 7:30 o'clock, but has
been changed to 7 in order not
to conflict with the football
game here Friday evening. It
will be over in ample time for
.hose present to get to the foot
ball field by 8 o'clock, chamber
of commerce officials said.
DEFER HEARING
ON BP VOTE
The court hearing on the Ma
-on County beer-wine election
case has been postponed again
but no date has been set.
Pending the hearing? on an
injunction obtained three days
before the election the counts
ooard of elections is forbidden
to certify the returns from tht
August 28 election, at which
legal beer and wine were voter
out by overwhelming majorities
The temporary injunction
signed by Judge J. H. Clement
?n Wilkesboro August 25, set tht
hearing for Friday of last week
before Judge H. Hoyle Sink in
Robbinsville. Judge Sink, how
ever, completed the Graham
county criminal docket prior to
Friday and left Robbinsville. He
.eft word that he would return
to Robbinsville this week to try
civil cases, and suggested that
attorneys in the case call him
Tuesday morning, when an ex
act time for the hearing would
be set. \
Tuesday morning, however, he
had adjourned court and again
left Robbinsville ,\ and attorneys
have been unable Ho reach him
by telephoning
AqtorWyi/ hr the case? R. S.
JoneV Mac W County attorney,
representing the county board
of election^, j. B. Gray, of Mur
phy, employed by Macon Coun
ty drys, and W. Roy Francis, of
Waynesville, who represents the
plaintiffs upon whose petition
the injunction was granted?
have tentatively agreed on Fri
day of next week in Waynes
ville as the date and place for
the hearing, but this arrange
ment is yet to be approved by
Judge Sink. I
250 Attend
51st Annual Reunion Of
Higdons
The 51st consecutive finnual
reunion of the descendants of
Major William Higdon was held
Sunday at the old Major Hig
don- home place.
Approximately 250 members
of the family and guests were
present for the gathering and
the bountiful picnic lunch serv
ju at noon.
T. B. Higdon, of Atlanta, read
a genealogy of the Higdons he
had prepared, tracing Major
Higdon's ancestors back through
the Colonial period to England,
and Mrs. Margie Ramsey, fam
ily historian, reported that a
check she had made Indicates
there are approximately 1,000
descendants of the Major. Jame
G. K. McClure, president of the
Farmers Federation, who recent
ly visited Europe, discussed the
crop aiM food situation there,
and praised such family gather
i ings as the one held Sunday as
! basic pillars of a progressive
civillation.
The following officers were
elected for the coming year:
Major Higdon, president; Wayne
Higdon, vice-president; W. O.
' Crawford, secretary; A. R. Hig
don, treasurer; and Mrs. Mar
gie Ramsey, historian.
Highlands Theatre Rental
Now $50 To $250 Monthly
The rental now being paid by
O. F. Summer for use of the
Highlands school auditorium as
a theatre range, seasonably,
from $50 per month to $250,
Supt. Ouy L. Houk said this
week. The figures? $25 per
month In mld-wlnter and $200
In mid-summer ? published In
The Press last week were those
In effect until about two years
ago, when a new contract pro
vided for the larger amount*,
Mr. Houk explained.
AIR SHOW WILL
BE STAGED BY
PROFESSIONALS
! Thres Hours Of Aerial
Exhibitions Slated
Here Sunday
A three-hour program of
aerial exhibitions will be stag
ed at the Franklin airport Sun
day, starting at 1:30 o'clock.
The air show, sponsored by
the frraniclin Chamter.ol Com
merce, the Rotary and Lions
clubs, the American Legion, and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will be the first exhibition by
professional fliers in Franklin's
history, it was said.
The show, which was arrang
ed by the Macon Flying Service,
in cooperation with the five
participating civic uiganlzations,
will be put on by a profession
al team, headed Dy U. O. Shaver,
of Charlotte, said to be one of
vhe few wno attempt to trans
.er irom an automobile on the
ground to a plane in the air.
In the event of inclement
weather, it was explained, the
show will be held at the same
nour Sunday, September 26.
Fliers who will take part in
the show, in addition to Mr.
Shaver, include Wendell Jarr,
stunt automobile driver, who
will assist Mr. Shaver in his
exhibition; J. D. Edwards, of
Charlotte, one of the few civil
ian parachute jumpers, who will
itage a 10,000-toot delayed par
j. chute jump, leaving a "smoke"
trail in llour from me time ne
leaves the ship carrying an
American flag; Tommy Stocks,
of Henderson vilie, who will no
jmoke acrobatics with his 8ter
man PT17; Oscar Meyer, owner
operator of the Hendersonviue
airport, who will put on his
"crazy act" and do precision
flying; and J. D. King, West
ern North Carolina Wtunt fuer,
who is slated to offer a thrill
with his high-speed acrobatic*.
While arrangements for tiie
show have been made by tw
Macon Flying service, all the
net proceeds will go to the
sponsoring agencies. The cham
ber of commerce will receive
half of the net, to be added to
its operating and advertising
fund. The other half will be
divided equally among the other
four, each one of which has
many calls for funds. The Ro
tary club is now seeking money
to install a heating plant In the
Slagle Memorial; the Lions club
Is active in providing play
grounds and equipment; and ti.o
two veterans organizations par
ticipate In and contribute to a
variety of community endeavors.
The program, slated to start
at 1:30 and last until 5:30, fol
lows:
Formation flying, with aerial
parade over Franklin; 350-mile
per-hour high-speed diving in
advance army trainer; para
chute jump by Mr. Edwards;
ribbon cutting and simulated
bombing by Mr. Meyer; smoke
acrobatics by Tommy Stocks;
intermission (at 3:30); high
speed acrobatics by Mr. King;
plane taking off from and lanu
lng on top* of automobile, Mr.
Edwards and Mr. Shaver; Mr.
Meyer's "cracy act" and precis
ion flying; transfer from moving
car to plane, and wing walking,
Messers. Edwards, Shaver, and
Jarr; and delayed parachute
jump from 10,000 leet, Mr. Ed
wards.
Ample automobile parking
space has been arranged, it was
said, and members of the state
highway patrol will keep the
roads clear.
Corbin Family Reunion
Will Be Held Sept. 26
Descendants of John and
Nancy McClure Corbin will hold
their annual family reunion at
the home of Dewey Corbin, si*
miles east of Franklin, In the
Rabbit creek community, Sun
day, September 26. All relatives
are invited to come and bring
baskets of lunch for the picnic
dinner, Miss Villa Corbin, secre
tary, announced.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station,
follow:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday ........ 82 57 00
Thursday .......... 85 80 .04
Friday 69 60 .08
Saturday 78 53 02
Sunday 80 42 .00
Monday ... 77 46 .no
Tuesday 81 48 .00
Wednesday SO M