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FRANKLIN. N THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1948
109 CLUB WOMEN
ATTEND COUNTY
WIDE MEET HERE
Dc.nonstration Club
Members Hear Mrs
Lindon McKee
Approximately 100 membe s
. rfvre.jCnlmg the 16 Home Dem
oihii.iti.n club3 in Macun
County ij, tended the Ach eve
ment Day program held at the
A ;i ieultural building last Thurs
day.
highlights of the day's pro
gr. m were an address by Mrs.
Lindon McKee of Sylva and the
presentation of awards to vari
ous club members for their prize
w r.' .ing exhibits.
Mrs. McKee, after a few in
troductory remarks, said that
she agreed with the old adage
that, "A woman's place Is In
ths home", but her influence
should extend beyond the four
walls of the home. "No mother,
no matter how much she may
want to, can keep her children
In her own backyard always,"
she added.
Turning to the achievements
of home demonstration work
she said that she felt due to
the influence of the organiza
tion that throughout the rural
areas where the organization
has clubs that there were; more
attractive homes at less cost,
more sensibly dressed children,
and a better balanced diet for
the families.
F'.rst prize at the crafts ex
hibit showing articles made by
different club members was won
by Mrs. J. R. Ray, of the Car
son Ch.ir?l club and county
president. The prize winning ar
ticle ws? " beautiful han<J made
quilt with multl colored star
pattern.
A remodeled dress and hat,
made by Mrs. Ralph Bradley,
of Oak Grove, was awarded
second prbe. Woven draperies,
made by Mrs. Van Frazier, of
Carson Chapel, was the third
prize winner.
Mrs. Ed Duvall, of Iotla was
awarded the fourth prize for
a crocheted bed spread, and
fifth prize was given to Mrs.
Jack Cabe, for a little girl's
white dress made from flour
sacks..
The Cullasaja club received
the award for the best all
around club based on a five
point rating program.
Carson Chapel organization
received the attendance gavel
for having the largest number
present.
At the close of the program a
f,. ^'-"^^how at which dresses
i j^nd ladles of all ages
"made cotton sacks were
exhlbited.^J\p originality and
attractiveness ' ok these easily
made cottoh f roc raj perhaps re
ceived more comment than any
one feature of the annual
Achievement Day program. The
fashion show was arranged and
presented by Miss Ann Ray, as
sistant home demonstration
agent.
Serving as models were Mrs.
George R. Pattlllo and Miss
Ann Pattlllo; Mrs. R. L. Mc
Gaha, Mrs. Frank Gibson, Mrs.
George Gibson, and Misses fluzy
and Brenda Cunningham.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the fUea of The Press)
SO TEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Andrew J. Richie, of Rabun
county Is again in Harvard
University and expects to gradu
ate next June.
It TEARS AGO
For the second time this sea
son the Franklin Panthers de
feated Bryson City last Friday
6-0.
The touchdown was scored
in the second quarter when
Frank Higdon hurled a 20 yard
pass to Charles -Hunnlcutt who
ran SO yards to the goal after
J. C. Clmnlngham had made a
clear road, by cutting down the
(ipiJMents' defensive half back
Captain Charles Setser played
his usual fine game on defense
and offense at the center posi
tion.
Macon Voters
To Ballot On
49 Candidates
When the voters of Macon
ounty go to the polls Tuesday
norning they will have an op
jortunlty to select men and
vomen from a lis of 49 officc
ieekers to 1111 21 national, state
.id county offices.
They will also be given an
>:>portunlly to vote lor fou.
ropos d amendments to the
itate constitution.
Candidates from the Repub
lican, Democratic,- Progressive,
and States Rights parties will
be on the 'national ticket tor
president and vice president.
The States Rights party does
not have any candidates, either
on the state ticket or the county
and district ticket. The Pro
gressive party has filed candi
dates for several state offices
besides their presidential can
didates, tut does not have any
office seekers on the county
and district ticket.
In the' County and district
race, for representative of
Macon county, Carl Slagle,
democratic nominee opposes
John Ferguson, republican. Both
men are well known Macon
County farmers, with Mr. Slagle
residing in Cartoogechaye town
ship and Mr. Ferguson making
his home in Mlllshoal township.
For state senator S. J. Dean is
the republican nominee to op
? Continued on Pafe Six
H. E GNUSE
PROMOTED TO
VICE PRESIDENT
I Harmon H. Gnuse, electrical
engineer of the Nantahala
Power and Light company since
'940, has been promoted to vice
president in charge of engin
eering. Announcement of the
Frankl'.n man's promotion was
made the latter part of last
week by J. E. S. Thorpe, presi
dent of the company.
In his new capacity, Mr.
Gnuse will have charge of all
engineering for the Nantahala
company, which serves five
counties.
' A native of Memphis, Mr.
Onuse joined the local com
pany in 1940, after six years
with the Tennessee Valley Au
thority. As assisttant elictiical
engineer, he designed and in
stalled the Nantahala firm's
small distribution sub-station at
Sylva and completed the pre
liminary design for the Webster
ub-statlon. He then was trans
ferred to the Glenville project
as resident electrical engineer
to supervise the electrical in
stallation. In February, 1942, he
was named electrical engineer in
charge of generation and dis
tribution operation and main
tenance and electrical construc
tion worki
Mr. Gnuse is a graduate of
the University of Tennessee,
where he received the B. S. de
gvee in electrical engineering in
1933 and was given a teaching
fellowship to complete residence
graduate work for the master's
degree In electrical engineering,
which he received in 1936.
During his eight years in
.Franklin, he has been active in
civic and church work. He is
a former superintendent of the,
Methodist Sunday school, a past
president of the Franklin Rotary
club, was a member of the
county rationing board, and has
been prominent in other com
munity activities. He and Mrs.
Gnuse and their three children
make their home on Harrison
avenue.
Methodist Women Who .
Attend Salem Program
Will Meet At Church
Methodist women of Franklin
and vicinity who plan to attend
the "Wrfek of Prayer and Self
Denlal" program at Salem
church are asked to meet at
the Franklin Methodist church
at 10 a. m. today (Thursday).
The county-wide program, spon
sored by the Methodist Woman's
Societies of Christian Service
and the Franklin church's Guild,
will start at 10:30 o'clock. Lunch
will be served at the conclusion
or ths msetlng.
OUR DEMOCRACY
-by Mat
TRUE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION
A FREE 5ALL0T IN A FREE COUNTRY
USE IT!
Four Amendments To The
State Constitution To Be
Voted On Next Tuesday
Four amendments to the state
constitution will be voted on by
the people of North Carolina '
next Tuesday. *
One of the proposed amend
ments would fix the salaries of
the members of the General As
sembly at $1,200 and the sal
ary for the presiding officer at
$1,500. In additjcn tQ this
members of the assembly would
receive $250 for each extra ses
sion with the presiding officers
receiving $300.
Under the present law, which
has been in effect since 1928,
members of the state legisla
ture and presiding officers re
ceive $600 and $700 respectively.
If called to an extra session
members receive $8.00 and pre
siding officers $10 per day for
no longer than 20 days regard
less of the length of the session.
A second proposed amendment
would eliminate the "two-thirds
rule" which at present prohibits
the .state and the counties and
municipalities therin from cre
ating any new debt in excess
of two thirds of the amount
by which they have reduced
their debts during the preceding
fiscal period without a vote of
the people except for certain
purposes. These purposes are to
fond or refund a valid existing
debt, to borrow In anticipation
of the collection of taxes up
to flftx per cent of the amount
of taxes due, or to suppress rists
or insurrections or to repel in-,
vasions.
The thrid proposed amend
ment deals with the present law
which limits the state property
1 and county property tax for
general county expense to 15c
per $100 valuation. Since 1931
the state has not levied a gen
eral property tax _ therefore
j counties have been able to levy
the total 15c for their general
operating expense.
The new legislation would al
low an increase In this total of
10c on the hundred dollar valua
tion thus making a total of 25c
available for general counting
operation expenses.
The legislation is designed to
help the smaller counties which
have difficulty meeting their
operation expenses out of the
existing funds.
The fourth proposed amend
ment would change the law
which now reads that no county,
city, or town, shall contract
any debt . . . unless by a vote
of the majority of the qualified
voters therein.
Under the 'new law bond Issue
elections would require only a
majority of those who have
voted on the issue. Under the
present law all persons who aye
registered for the election but
do not take part are counted
as being opposed to the Issue.
Membership Drive For
Symphony Will Start Nov. 8
A group of persons from
widely separated sections of
Macon County Tuesday niRht
voted unamlmously to bring the
N. C. Little Symphony orchestra
to Franklin again this season,
and to launch a membership
campaign Monday, November 8.
In order to bring the orches
tra here for two concerts, It
will be necessary to obtain ap
proximately 400 memberships In
the N. C. Little Symphony So
ciety, and the decision to con
duet the campaign was reached
only after the committee had
carefully considered whether
this goal can be reached. After
studying ? the counly, section by
section, and attempting to es
timate the number of member
ships It Is reasonable to believe
can be obtained In each com
munity the memberi anthvulM
tlcally voted their conviction
that the campaign can be suc
cessfully carried out.
The orchestra, a state-spom
sored organization, has appeared
each of the past three seasons,
giving a free matinee for school
children, and an evening per
formance open only to members
of the Symphony Society. A
membership not only entitles the
holder to attend the evening
performance, but makes possible
the children's concert, and It
was agreed that many commun
ity-minded persons who are not
particularly musical themselves
will join 'the society because
they recognize the great edu
cational value of such a con
cert for the children.
It was pointed out In thli
connection that a new atat?
?Continued on Pact Ml
Health Department
May Be Dropped If
Budget Is Not Met
Health Dept.
Makes Report
Of Work Here
The administering of 4,777
immunization shots to Macon
County school children and
monthly inspection of 34 food
handling establishments and 23
dairy farms in this county are
two of the outstand;<ng achieve
ments of the Macon County
health department as shown by
a report covering this depart
ment's work here during the
past nine months. The report
was made public this week.
The following is a detailed re
port of the health department's
work here from January 1
through September 30, 1948:
Immunizations completed dur
ing this 3 quarters: smallpox,
1,110; tetnus, 15; flu, 5; Dlph
? Cnntinred on Pace Sir
PVT. I. H. HENSON
TO BE BURIED
HERE SATURDAY
The body of John H. Henson,
19, son of Mrs. Grady Henson,
of Otto, who was killed In the
European theatre of war on.
December 19, 1944 will arrive In
Franklin Thursday afternoon.
Upon arrival here the body
iwlll be taken to the Potts fun
eral home where it will remain
until Friday afternoon- at 2
o'clock, when it will be taken
to the home of his mother.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Asbury Methodist church
with the Rev. L. C. Stevens,
pastor, assisted by the Rev.
T. A. Slagle, conducting the
service.
Burial will follow in the
church cemetery with the
Franklin American Legion cost
taking part In the graveside
rites.
Pallbearers will be Raluh
Henson, James Henson, Guy
"Henson. Calvin Henson, Hoover
Henson pnd Dover Henson, all
cousins of Pvt. Hensnn.
He is survived by his mother,
three brothers, Sherril. of Bre
vard; Elmas and Calbert, of
Otto; four sisters, Mrs. Lonnie
Chastaln. of Central, S. C? Mrs.
Fred Littleton. Jr. of Highlands:
Mrs. Hurbert Bradley and Miss
Freda Henson, of Otto.
Bishop Henry
To Visit Macon County
This Week-end
The Rt. Rev. M. George Henry,
who recently was elected bishop
of the Episcopal Diocese of
Western North Carolina, will
make his first visitation to
Franklin and vicinity this
week-end.
While here Bishop Henry will
consecrate the new building of
Bt. John's, the tiny Cartooge
chaye chapel recently completed
by the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan.
He also will consecrate the
new 8t. Francis of Asslsi church
building at Cherokee.
Bishop Henry's week-end
schedule follows:
Sunday at 11 a. m., Church of
the Inoarnatlon, Highlands.
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the consecration service at
Cherokee, at which confirmation
also will be administered.
5 p. m. Sunday, St. Cyprian's
(Negro) church. Franklin.
8 p. m. Sunday, St. Agnes
church, Franklin.
Monday (All B&lnts Day) he
will administer Holy Commun
ion at St. Agnes; at 5 p. m. he
will conduct the consecratlor
service at St. John's; and at
7 o'clock Monday evening h<
will hp the honor guest at s
i congregational supper tneetHf
I for 8t. Agnes church at the rec
r tory her?.
State Officials Advise
District Health Off.c r
Against Inadequate Sta.r
There is dnnjer that '.he
operation of the county health
department will be djscontlnueJ
here according to a statement
by Mrs. Prank Ehope, c.,nty
health nurse.
Mrs. Shore said that Dr. M.
3 H Mkhal, district health of
icer, who returned last. Friday
from Raleigh where she con
ferred with officials of the state
health department concerning
the operating budgets for the
various counties in this district,
said that she had been advised
by department officials to dis
continue the health department
in this county unless the mini
mum staff of a nurse, sani
tarian, and cleric could be main
tained under the operating bud
get. Mrs. Bhope sa;d that while
Or. Michal had taken no defi
nite action on the matter she
felt that she would follow the
advice of the state officials.
At present, the aoproprlations,
county, state, and federal, do
not meet the amounts asked
for in the coming year's budget
due to the failure of the county
board of commissioners to ap
propriate the full amount re
nuested by the health depart
ment.
The request made by the
health department to the com
missioners asked for *5,500, Hit
the amount set by the board
was $4,000, the same amount
granted last year.
Gene Baldwin, chairman of
the couty commissioners, snid
Tuesday that "this was all the
budget would allow as long as
the general fund tax levy is
limjted by law to 15c on each
tax dollar."
According to Mrs. Shope the
chief additional service furn
ished by the health department
was a full time sanitarian for
this county.
One of the chief losses to
the county, according to health
department officials, would be
the loss suffered by the 21
dairies operating hi this county
now. These dairies at present
are able to sell grade A milk,
but health officials were im
ihitic in th?>ir "tatement *hit
without a sanitary inspector
here only grade C milk could
be sold. The difference In the
nrice per hundredwe ght is at
present ?6.40 for Tr"de A m:lk
and $3.60 for grade C milk.
Mrs. Lyman Jol'ey Diss In
Hospital at LcuisvlI^, Ky.
Mrs. Lyman Jolley died to
a Louisville, Ky. hospital Satur
day morning at 6 o'clock. Mrs.
Jolley's death came following
an illness of three weeks.
Funeral services were held
Sunday morning In London, Ky.
where the Rev. and Mrs. Jolley
have been living for several
years.
She was the daughter of
James L. and the late Sallle
Young of Macon County.
HALLOWE'EN CARNIVAL
A Hallowe'en carnl al and box
supper w'li he held at the
rowpe school S->turdav night at
7:"<0 ts a benefit f?r *he school
athletic club. Proceeds will be
used to buy playground and
other athlrtlc equipment. *
The Wentlier
Temperatures and preclplti
tton for the past seven days,
and the low t?mnernture yes
i terday, as recorded at the
Coweeta Kxn?-,*v">nt station.
! High Low Prec.
? Wednesday 68 25 .00
i Thursday 62 27 .00
l Friday 47 35 .00
1 Saturday 57 32 .23
S Sunday 65 30 T*
t Monday .! 68 26 .00
t Tuesday 77 24 .00
. Wednesday ...? 37 .00
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