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FRANKLIN. N C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1948
"AUNT DOCK"
WALDROOP DIES
AT HOME AT 93
Funeral Services Held At
Maiden's Chapel Friday
"Aunt Dock" Waldroop tiled
last Thursday night at the
home of her son, Lester1 Wal
droop, in the upper Cartooge
r.haye community.
This! jbvtai, outspoken, well
known Macon County sports
woman and amateur naturalist,
who was 93, knew the ridges
and creeks of the Nantahala
mountains, perhaps better ihan
any other woman has.
She acquired this knowledge
by spending a large portion of
her life out in the mountains
fishing, gathering herbs, taking
stock to and from the mount
ains, and hunting.
Sympathetic and kind she ac
quired her nickname by minis
tering to the sick in her com
munity. Possessed with a store
house of knowledge as to the
medical powers of the native
herbs, she was doctor and phar
macist all in one, prescribing
and filling her own perscrip
ticns. Gifted as a story teller,
her accounts of her hunting
and fishing experiences livened
many an evening gathering.
Born on January 6, 1855, Arra
Ellen Cruse, a daughter of Wil
liam and Emily Cruse, of Chero
kee County, she spent most of
her early life there. Even as a
young girl she loved to hunt
and fish and one fall partici
pated In bear hunts on Choga
creek with her brothers and I
aiding in the killing of 16 bears, i
She lived in Macon County
for more thin 60 years making
her home here ever since her
marriage to Zeb Waldroop who
died 37 years ago.
Funeral services were held at
the Maidr.n's Chapel Methodist
church, of which she was a
member, Friday afternoon at 3
' o'clock with the Rev. Mrs. R. H.
Hull conducting the service.
, Burial followed In the church
cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Neal Waldroop, Lester Waldroop,
Jr., Curt Roane, Howard Cruse,,
Clifford Cruse, all grandsons,
and Burl Southards.
Mrs. Waldroops is survived by
five sons, Grover Waldroop, of
Orick, Calif., Jake, Lester, and
Grady Waldroop, and Ed Cruse
of the Cartoogechaye commun
ity, one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Morgan of Cartoogechaye; 32
great grandchildren, and 22
grandchildren. i
Macon County Methodist
[Women To Take Part In
^Nai?*n Wide Prayer Week
Method l3t \ women from
churches througl\^ut the county
will gather at the"Balem Metho
dist church Thursday of next
week for a "Week of Prayer and
Self-Denial" program. The
meeting, part of a Methodlst
wlde observance, will start at
10:30 a. m.
The topic for discussion will
be "Light and Life for All He
Brings", and women from the
various churches will take part.
The program Is expected to
be completed about 1 o'clock, at
which time lunch will be served.
Those attending are requested
to bring sandwiches or other
light lunch.
The gathering Is sponsored by
the Methodist women's organi
zations? the Societies of Christ
ian Service and the Franklin
Guild? but It was emphasized
that all women Interested are
Invited. The Salem church Is
situated on the west side of the
Cullasaja river, near the Salem
school.
Preceding the Thursday pro
gram, a "Quiet Hour" service
Will be held, as a part of ob
servance, by the Franklin
church's Woman's Society and
Oulld Wednesday evening at
7:30 o'clock ai> the church here
Macon Baptist Sunday
School To Meet Oct. 24
The Macon Baptist Sunday
8chool convention will meet Oc
tober 24 at 2:30 p. m. at the
fplllco Baptist church.
Taking part in the probram
will befRiv. T. A. Slagle, Mrs
Charles Parker, Bill Raby, and
Rev. Oscar Nix.
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"AUNT DOCK" WALDROOP
Mrs. Waldroop, one of Macon
County's oldest and best known
citizens died at her home last
Thursday at the age of 93.
RED CROSS WILL
HOLD ANNUAL
MEETING NOV. 12
BIcod Bank Program For
County Will Be
Outlined
The annual Red Cross meeting
of the Macon County chapter
will be held Friday night No
vember 12 with a dinner meet
ing at the Slagle Memorial
building, according to an an
nouncement by H. H. Gnuse,
chapter chairman. The an
nouncement was made following
a meeting of the executive com
mittee last Friday night.
Two of the chief items to be
taken up at the annual meeting
Mr. Onuse said are the election
of officers for the coming year
and the hearing of a talk out
lining the establishment of a
local blood bank by the Red
Cross. The blood bank program
will be explained by W. D. Dib- |
rell, Red Cross General Field !
Representative for Western1
North Carolina.
At last Friday night's execu- 1
tive committee meeting, the fol- I
lowing nominating committee |
was named by chairman Gnuse;
James Hauser, chairman, Miss
Lass is Kelly, and W. A. Hayes,
of Highlands.
Clark's Chapel To Hold |
Hallowe'en Carnival
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship of the Clark's Chapel
church will sponsor a Hallowe'en
carnival, to be held in the
church basement, Friday even
ing of next week, starting at
7:30 o'clock. The event has been
planned in order to raise money
to make repairs to the basement.
The general public, and especi
ally people in the community
are invited, It was said.
33 Persons Found In Local
Registration Who Are Not
Able To Write Their Names
Thirty-three of the appr xi
mately 900 young Macon County
men who have registered for
the draft cannot sign their
names, records of the local
draft board show.
When a man registers for the
draft, he Is required to sign his
registration card- or make his
mark, if he cannot write.
Many others were able to
fign their names, but said they
cculd write nothing else and
had never learned to read. Since
there was no occasion for the
board to keep a record of these,
the exact number is not known.
Several registrants, It was
said at the draft board office,
volunteered the information
that there were a number of
children in their families none
of whom attended school.
During the three-week draft
registration period, 884 young
men, aged 18 through 25, regis
tered for the draft, but a few
additional ones, registered after
that period, had been listed at
the time the figures on illiteracy
were compiled.
On a basis of the total figure
the percentage of those who
cannot even sign their 'names
is approximately .039 or one out
of every -27.
And the illiteracy rate Is
even greater among the young
est age group, the 18-year olds,
men who presumably would
have started to school as re
cently as 1936, and who are
now Just the age to be graduat
ing from high school. Of the
104 men 18 years of age who
registered, five cannot sign
their names. That is at the rate
of one out of every 21.
ALLEY TO TALK
HERE SATURDAY
Judge Felix E. Alley will specik
as a Democratic Rally Satur
day night at the courthouse in
Franklin at 8:00 o'clock. Judge
Alley is well known here both
as a judge and a speaker and
a large crowd is expected lo
attend.
This will wind up the speakers
to appear here this fall in be
half of the various pol.tlcal
parties and their candidates. t
General registration for the
national, state, and county el.c- -
tion to be held November 2
will also be completed Saturday
and any one who has not reg
istered to vote is advised to go
to the voti.ng place in their
township and register before
6:00 p. m. Saturday.
October 30, the last Saturday
before the election, Tuesday, will j
be challenge day.
Local Persons Take Part
|
In Welcoming President
J. E. S. Thorpe, president of
the Nantahala Power and Light
Company and Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Slagle were among tne i
thousands of North Carolinians j
who took part in welcoming
President Truman to this state
Tuesday in Raleigh..
Mr. Thorpe was among the
guests at a luncheon given for
the president by Governor and
Mrs. Gregg Cherry at the state
mansion.
Mr. Slagle, a member of the
state board of agriculture, ac
companied by his wife, and Mr.
Thorpe were among those seated
on the speakers stand at the
state fair where President Tru
man addressed a large gather
ing Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Slagle, 82, Views
Wayah, Fontana From Air i
An 82-year old lady, who
many years ago made her first
trip to Wayah Bald by walking
Up the ridge from the Kinsland
place over the Buck knob to
the top, flew over It In an air
plane Friday.
Last week Mrs. Henry Slagle,
of the Cartoogechaye commun
ity, heard her son. Dr. T D.
Slagle, and his wife, of Sylva
commenting on how much they
had enjoyed an airplane trip
from Sylva over Fontana lake
and dam. After listening to
their comment* on the beauti
ful scenery and how pleasant
the trip was, she surprised
everyone by exclaiming, "that's
something I would like to do."
The next day in a Piper
family coupe plane, piloted by
Johnny Watson, of Sylva, she
viewed Wayah Bald and Fon
tana dam and lake from 3,000
feet above. This was her first
ride In a plane.
There was great apprehension
among the family: "Would
grandma be scared?" Well, she
wasn't! As she stepped up on
the footrest to climb Into the
small two-aeated plane, she ex
claimed: "Why, this is Just like
climbing in an Did fashioned
buggy I" and throughout the
Journey she seemed as content
a.nd happy as if she were Tiding
in one.
As the plane cruised along at
an average speed of 85 miles
per hour 3,000 feet up in the
air, Mrs. Slagle's brown eyes
darted here and there picking
out familiar land marks down
the Little Tennessee river val
ley. Occasionally she would ask:
"How high are we?"
After circling Fontana lake
and dam, the plane came back
across the Nantahala gorge, Just
to the left of We?ser Bald,
across Wayah, and circled Mrs.
Slagle's home In the Cartoogo
chaye community.
After landing at the Franklin
airport, when asked how she
enjoyed the trip, her reply was:
"Fine, and I didn't catch my
breath a single time."
She commented that, from the
air, the country betw?en here
and Fontana looked a great deal
like Ireland with It* woodland
dotted with small fields. (Mrs.
Slagle toured Europe several
years ago.) She also said that
she had now done another thing
that she had always wanted to
do, and that she thought It
would be wonderful to fly to
tht West Coast some time.
Carnival To
Be Given By
Slagle PTA
? . ,
Two social events are planned
by the Slagle Parent-Teacher
Association for next week.
The regular monthly meeting
will be held at the Slagle school
next Wednesday afternoon at
2:20 p. m.
On Thursday night, the or
ganization, working in coopera
tion with the school teachers
and children, will sponsor a
Halloween carnival. Proceeds
from the carnival will be used
to buy school equipment and
make repairs oin the building.
A feature of the program will
be the selection of a Hallowe'en
queen. The following candidates
for this position having been
nominated from their respective
rooms; first grade, Misses Lu
cille Anderson and Genevieve
Njchols; second grade, Misses
Barbara Nell Lewis and Carolyn
Gregory; third grade, Misses
Xva Lee Brookshire and Nancy
Greenwood; fourth grade, Misses
Mysa Crawford Sind Leota Beck;
fifth and sixth grades. Miss
Ruth Nicholson and Josophine
Lenior; seventh and eighth
grades, Misses Mary Kate Roane
and Eileen Nicholson.
PTA CONDUCTS
"DISCUSSION"
ON STUDY AIDS
Parents should see that school
children have a definite time
and definite place to do home
work, and that they are undis
turbed while doing it.
That was one of several sug
gestions offered by teachers in
an Informal discussion, led by
Mrs. C. E. Parker, on how par
ents can best help children with
home work, at Monday night's
meeting of the Franklin Parent
Teacher association.
Other suggestions:
Remind the child to study.
Children become discouraged
and need parents' sympathetic
interest and encouragement.
The attitude of the parents
has much to do with the child's
attitude toward his school, as
well as his home work.
While the parents should re
mind and encourage the child
and provide suitable conditions,
the home work should be done
by the child? not the parent.
Mrs. Parkers was requested
by Mrs. Frank M. Killlan, pro
gram chairman, to conduct the
Impromptu discussion when the
scheduled speaker of the even
ing, County Supt. Guy L. Houk,
failed to appear. After a con
siderable wait, Mrs. C. N. Dow
dle, association president, tele
phoned him, and returned to
the auditorium to convey his
regrets. He had become con
fused as to the date, she re
? Continued on Page 81*
FRANKLIN GIRLS
Two members of the Franklin
Junior Music club? Sarah Eliza
beth Parker and Edith Plem
mons- appeared on the program
at the Western North Carolina
dlltrlot meeting ot Federated
Two New Case* Of Folio
Reported Here W edneaday
Twj new cases of polio
myelitis were reported yes
terday by the county health
department. The victims are
Meredith Kay Buchar.in,4,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
David Buchanan, of near
Franklin, who was take to
the Ortopedie home Wed
esday of last week, and the
four-year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ber Morgan,
of the Camp Branch section,
taken to the hospital Satur
day.
This brings to 16 the
number of polio cases that
have developed in this
county sirce July 14, when
the lirst 1948 case was diag
nosed.
THIS COUNTY'S
FARM METHOD
WINNERS NAMED
1 Miss Aan Teague and Jerry
Potts were declared the county
winners in the Better Farm
and Home Methods contest
sponsored in this area by the
Nantahala Power and Light
Company and will receive free
trips to Raleigh to compete for
area and state prizes.
Miss Teague, 14 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Ned Teague, of Prentiss, sub
mitted as her project a study
of time saving methods in sew
ing. She outlined a step by step
procedure showing that by care
ful planning and arrangement
of her materials and equipment
she could reduce many hours
1 work on her sewing in a year's
| time. Also included in her pToj
: ect were several suggestions per
: taining to the improvement of
the light conditions . where she
worked.
Jerry Potts, 15 year old son
of Mr and Mrs. Joe Potts, of
Cullasaja, submitted an outline
of precedure whereby he elimi
nated the necessity of carrying
his milk to a.nd from the spring
twice daily by building a milk
cooler next to the barn. The
barn and cooler were both lo
cated near the road so that
he again saved many work hours j
by not having to carry the milk |
| from the spring to the road
when it was ready for sale. The
I new milk cooler also greatly
reduced the bacteria count in
the milk thereby raising the
price of the milk.
These two young 4-H club
members will go to Raleigh on
November 1 to the State Better
Methods congress where the
area winners will be announced.
Area prizes, given by the Nan
tahala Power and Light Com
pany, are two $100 scholarships
and two $50 gold watches. They
will be accompanied by Miss
Ann Ray, assistant home dem
onstration agent on the tnp
to Raleigh.
Franklin , Eleven Defeated
By Sylva By 41 to 6 Score
The Franklin eleven lost to
Sylva last Friday night on the
Sylva field by a score of 41 to
6. The local team was out
classed In all departments of
the game and were completely
unable to stop the powerful
Sylva running attack sparked
by 195 lb. Jack Cunningham,
who played an outstanding
game at quarterback.
For the local team Thomas
and Henry were outstanding In
the backfleld with Pattlllo and
Brown performing best in the
line.
Franklin plays Robbinsville
Friday at Robbinsville.
Symphony Society To
Meet Tuesday Night
|
Members of the executive
committee of the Macon County
unit of the N. C. Symphony
Society, and all other persons
Interested in bringing the Little
Symphony orchestra to Franklin
agal this season, are called to
meet Tuesdav ni.iht at 7:30
lock at the home of Mrs.
Allen Slier on West Main street.
Music clubs in Waynesvill Oc
tober 9.
Others from Franklin attend
ing were Mrs. Weimar Jones,
club counselor, Mrs. C. E. Parker,
Elizabeth Jones, and Patricia
Landrum
EXCAVATION TO
BE STARTED FOR
ELLIJAY SCHOOL
Well To Furnish Water
At New School Site
Being Drilled
Preliminary work on the con
struction of the new Ellijay
school building was begun nils
week, it was announced by O. L.
Houk, county superintendent ol
public schools.
In accord with the policy
adopted by the County Board of
Education at their last regular
meeting, construction of the ac
tual building will not be started
until next spring but prelimi
nary excavation work for the
foundation and on grading the
school grounds will be started
on the drilling of a well to furn
this week.
Work has already been started
ish water for the school.
The wrecking of one of the
old schoolhouses, not now In use,
to furnish materials for the
erection of a materials ware
house on the Elltjay school
property will probably be begun
next week, the county superin
tendent said.
Fred Moore has received the
contract to do the excavation
and grading work.
This school building when
completed would consolidate the
Gold Mine, Pine Orove, Hlgdon
ville, Salem and Mashburn's
Branch schools. It would also
serve a group of children who
formerly attended the old Bethel
school, but now go to Franklin
This school site is located on
U. S. highway 64 near the point
where the highway crosses the
Cullasaja river !.n the vicinity
of the Hlgdonvllle road, and was
recently purchased from DeWltt
Thompson.
Supervisor
Hired For 3
Lunch Rooms
Mrs. Ethel Hurst has been em
ployed as lunch room super
visor for the Franklin, Otto,
and Cowee school lunchrooms, It
was announced by G. L. Houk,
county superintendent of pub
lic schools.
Mrs. Hurst will have complete
charge of the operation of the
three lunch rooms.
She has had considerable ex
perience in this field, having
served as lunch room super
visor for the entire county pro
gram here for seven years under
the Works Progress Administra
tion.
The new lunch room super
visor assumed her duties last
Monday morning.
Hallowe'en Carnival To
Be Held At Otto School
A benefit Hallowe'en carnival
and square dance will be held
at the Otto school Friday night
of next week, starting at 7:'. 0
o'clock. String music will be
provided for the squire dancing.
The affair, which is sponsored
by the school. Is to raise money
for playground equipment.
RUMMAGE SALE
The mother's of Miss Edna
Jamison's Fourth grade of the
Franklin School will hold a
clothing rummage sale an Sat
urday, October 30. Proceeds
from the sale will be used to
purchase a lavatory for the
school room. Any person who
wishes to contribute articles for
the sale will please contact Mrs.
Henderson Calloway.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
nnH the low temperature yes
terday. as recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station,
High Low Prec.
Wednesday 73 36 .00
, Thursday 75 32 .00
| Friday 71 32 .00
Saturday 68 38 .01
Sunday 73 48 .00
Monday 59 32 .28
Tuesday 65 21 .00
, Wednesday 25 .00