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VOL. LXIII? NO. 51
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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1948
16 PAGES
PARRISH NAMED
SCHOOL'S BEST
1948 ATHLETE
Members Of Football
Squad Feted By
Lions Club
Bob Parrigh, Franklin football
squad left tackle, was named
L a;i the outstanding athlete of
?rhe Franklin High school by
V Coach Mllbum Atkins Monday
? night.
? Mr. Atkins announced his se
? lection at the semi-monthly
?, meeting of the Franklin Lions
? club, at which members of the
H football team were guests of
? honor.
M Young Parrlsh, who Is the son
f ?(f . Mr- and Mrs. Robert Par
'ijJ '*1' ?* 'he Burningtown com
laur.'.ty, made the Asheville Op
timist Bowl squad.
Mr. Atltins said, however, that
Jtwjhe honof went to him not en
"a^^ly "il a basis of points
^fr-ed ? {firing the season, or
ev?M} of general athletic pro
wess.
The rating was in part, based
on the feet that he "is a gen
tleman, on and off the ath
for support of the school's ath
s indent, and an all around
good citizen, the athletic di
lector said.
Coach Atkins, in his talk at
the Lions' banquet for the mem
bers of the football team,
reviewed the season, and ex
pressed the hope that a better
showing can be made next year.
He voiced appreciation to the
Lions and the general public
for support of the schol's ath
letic program.
Yule Program
Of Music Planned Here
By Baptists
A special Christmas program,
featured by music, will be /pre
sented at the First Baptist
church Wednesday evening of
next week at 7:30 o'clock, it
has been announced by the
pastor, the Rev. Charles E.
Parker.
J. C. Hawkins will have the
solo part in the choir's pre
sentation of "We Three Kings"*
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Parker In
"Jhe First Noel", and Mrs.
Virginia B. Jones In "o Come
All Ye Faithful".
Miss Elizabeth Ann Phillips
will give a reading, "Nativity
of the King".
In addition, the congregation
will sing Christmas hymns.
During October, 76 persns
lost their lives in traffic acci
dents on Noth Carolina streets
and highways, bringing total
traffic deaths for the year to
584.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
*? -
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The Methodist Sunday school
will give a special Christmas
concert next Sunday morning
consisting of choice music and
recitations appropriate to the
holiday season. Friends of the
school and the public generally
are cordially invited. A collec
tion will be taken, which It is
hoped will prove sufficient to
finish the- upstairs of the new
station parsonage.
25 TEARS AGO
The Woman's club met at the
schoolhouse December 7. The
program opened with a duet by
Margaret and Virginia McOulre.i
followed by several other lovely
piano selections by Misses Freda
Siler, Edwlna Dahymple, and
Esther Wallace. This music by
Miss Weaver's pupils was Indeed
a treat and promises similar
treats In the future.
10 TEARS AGO
According to the nuiQber of
boys out for basketball prac
tice, it looks as though Frank
lin should have a successful
season. So far more than 28
boyi have reported for practice
and coach Shuford Is optimistic
over hie prospects, some games
are already scheduled are with
obblniville, We biter, BifKm
Ml Iflvft.
. I, ' V .
Month's Rainfall
At Highlands Is
Ni&arly 20 Inches
A total of 18.38 inches of
rainfall was recorded at the
V. S. Weather station or the
t> u'.hem slope at Satutih
m?-ar Highlands,
during November, according
to Miss Gertrude Harbison,
weather observer.
?t w*s one of the wt' s
Novembers >~n record, even
for this verv w*t sn'M. Ra n
fell on 19 of the 30 days of
the month.
As a whol", the mo"th
ws lrnusu illv mid. Th ?
highest temperature was 70
degrees, p corded cn No
vember 1 ?tid the lowest
was 27 on the last d y < f
the month. \
CANTATA
FOR 8 SUNDAY
Som-; 30 Voices From 4
Choirs To Be Heard
In Yule Program
A Christmas cantata with
some 30 voices, will be pre
sented at the Franklin Metho
dist church Sunday night at
8 o'clock.
The orogram, an annual
event, will be directed by Mrs
Clarence Henry. Mrs. Gilmer A.
Jones will be organist, and Mrs.
Henry W. Cabe will be pianist.
The group presenting the
cantata is made up of jnembers
of the choirs of the four Frank
lin churches.
Mrs Henry will sing "O Holy
*Tisht" ps a solo and Mrs.
R. S. Jones will give a reading,
"When the King Came".
"A King Shall Reign" will be
sung by the men in the com
bined choir, while only women's
voices will be heard in "First
Christmas Carol".
This is the fourth successive
year such a program has been
presented at the Christmas
season. The cantata usually at
tracts a crowd that fills the
church.
Dry Forces
Plan *V i c t o r y Parade'
And Program
The Dry Forces of Macon
County will sponsor a thanks
giving parade and program
Saturday, in celebration of the
dry victory in the recent elec
tion, when wine and beer were
voted out. The sale of beer
and wine became illegal In tl?i
county at noon Wednesday.
Following a "victory parade",
a program will be held at the
courthouse at 11 a. m.
The parade, to be led by the
Sylva High school band, will
start at the school building
here, It was announced, with
law enforcement officials and
men, women and children par
ticipating. Those who wish to
march in the parade are asked
to meet at the school not later
than 10:45.
The line of march will be
from the school to the traffi"
light, down Palmer street to its
Intersection with East Main
street, and along East main to
the courthouse.
With Judge George B. Pattor.
in charge of the , ceretnonles
the program at the courthouse
will be marked by a talk by
the Rev. Charles E. Parker and
congregational singing. The Rev.
W. L. Sorrells will lead , ir
prayer, and the Rev. Hoyt
Evans will pronounce the bene
diction.
Plan Friendship Train
Collection On Saturday
An organization for making
the collections for the Friend
ship train has been set up in
several communities, and a
food collection will be made
Saturday, It was annuonced this
week. Rural contributors are
asked to take the donations to
the Farmers Federation. In
Franklin, the Boy Scouts will
make house-to-house canvass.
(See page 4 for further de
tails on the Friendship Train.)
LOSE RIGHT TO DRIVE
During November, 5M persons
lost their driving lleenses In
Korth Carolina becftUM of
troiun dfivtof.
ff. D. PARRISH
CITED BY FDR
IS BURIED HER t
Rites For Macon Soldier,
Killed In Italy, He^d
At Snow Hill
A full military funeral was
conducted for Master Sgt. Wll- 1
liam D. Parrlsh, who was killed
In Italy December 4, 1944, at
the Snow Hill Methodist chu.ch
last Thursday afternoon. Burial
as In the church cemetery.
Sgt. Parrish . had the distinc
tion of having been posthun
lusly cited by both President
Roosevelt and General Arnold.
The citations were sent to his
family.
A regular army man, he re
tired a month before Fearl
Harbor. He volunteered for duty, i
however, and rejoined his for
mer organization in the air
forces. He served as a flight
instructor, and when his group
was ready for overseas duty, he
again volunteered, this time to
go overseas. Ironically, he was
killed, not in the air but in a
motor vehicle accident as he
obeyed a summons to hurry to
another air field.
Forty years of age at the
time of his death, he was tie
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Par
rish, of Franklin, Route 3. Other
survivors are two sisters, Mrs.
Harold Dillard, of Bryson Cl'y,
and Miss Beaulah Parrish, of
the home; and four brothers,
Loy of Route 3, and Titus,
I Terrell, and Jewell, all cf De
! troit.
The service was conducted by
the pastor, the Rev. R. L. Phil
lips, assisted by the Rev. A. C'.
Gibbs, the Rev. C. C. Welch,
and the Rev. N. E. Holden.
Pallbearers were Dr . J. L.
West, Henderson Calloway Earle
Bradley, Dwlght P a r r 1 s h,
Thomas M. Rickman, Oliver
Hall, Carl Parrish, Wade Arvey,
and Charles Bradley.
The American Legion had
charge of the graveside rites,
and at the conclusion of the
service in the church, Dan.
Tompkins of Sylva, district Le- ;
glon commander, read the cita
tion from President Roosevelt,
which referred to him as one
in "the unbroken line of pa
triots who have dared to die
that freedom might live", ard
that of General Arnold, which
said that, "he was a soldier
. . . and he knew a soldier's ,
duty. His sacrifice will help to
keep aglow the flaming torch
that lights our lives . . ."
Don Allison and Marshall
Fouts were the Legion honor
guard. The color Dearers were
Lon Dalton and Phi'. McCollum,
and the color guard Cecil
Parker and Harold Enloe. Mem
bers of the firing squad were
Maurice Norton, Arvil Parker,
Frank W. Reece, Joe Bradley
Siler Slagle, and Reid Womack.
The Rev. Hoyt Evans was
chaplain for the Legion service,
and W. H. Finley was escort
commander.
At the conclusion of the serv
ice at the grave Dickie Wilson,
Continued on Page Eight?
PLAN PAGEANT
The Iotla school will present
a Christmas pageant In the
school auditorium Wednesday
night of next week (December i
22) at 7:30 o'clock. There will
be no admission charge, and '
the general public is invited toj
attend.
LT. FRANK M. IIIGDON JR.
FRANK HIGDON
FUNERAL HELD
Body Of Franklin F ier,
Shot Down In Hungary
Laid To Rest Here
i tS'!?ple funeral services for
u ,J fnk M H18don, Jr.. were
held at the First Baptist church
Bur'iff5' afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Burial was in the Franklin
Sn7' uith the American
iSfSt^ charge of thp grave
wIgdon' only chUd of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Higdon and
Kmhan?? ?f the former Miss
wuth Higgms, a fighter piiot
was shot down over Hungary
aUvear4' h?44' F?r approximately
ZJE ? -e was llsted simply as
ed ^n(V ?nd Ws fanuJy learn -
Wf , death through a
of Tat?m Jatl,er John Walter,
oi Tata Hungary, who wit- ;
nessed the aerial battle in which
the Franklin man was killed
received in July
Su ' T'^1 the battle, and
for ?h a fral service hela
. the American flier The
?rV?e uit. Was ^Plained, hfd
of thp mu at night' because
oi the bitterness against Ameri
cans. inclosed with the teSEr
were a map of the territory '
hi* Lh the artlcles f0"nd with !
lus body, a photograph of the'
grave, pressed flowers from the
Brave and many other details.
The material was wrapped in a
SET dHated 1910- Father
Walter found a Dover, Dela I
address, where Lt. and Mrs
Higdon had lived, on his body
and got in touch with the fam
ily here through a letter to
the Dover postmaster. I
Walter, explaining
that there was nothing to in
fSShSf fUer's *
mass was held for
m ^r?m ^"ata the body was
moved to Budapest and later
to France, so that the service
Franklirf8 flier f?Urth f?r the
Lt. Higdon, who was 25, was
Hiirh hatli ?f the
High school and was employed
by the TVA and the Nantahala
Power and Light company be
fore entering the service in
February. 1943. His widow and '
his parents survive.
dn^t Ih fl"ne,ral ^rvfce was con
Chan? Z pastor> the Rev.
Rnfni arker' the Rev" A.
Hoyt Evans.8"*1 ^ the Rev"
T?laUb^arers were J?hn Slagle
pa"\es Perry, Bob Sloan, W.iiard
Pendergrass, Clayton Ramsey
and John Lyle Palmer.
. rary pallbearers were
John M. Archer Jr., T. W\
Continued on Page Eight
Press To Be Issued 24 Hours
Earlier Than Usual Next Week
Next week's issue of The
Press will be published 24
hours earlier than usuil,
and the following .week's
issue will be 24 hours later
than usual.
This change in the pub
lication date of these two
issues Is being made so as
to make possible a week's
vacation for members of the
paper's staff. A similar ar
rangement was in effect
last year.
Next week'* Issue will be
put In the Franklin port
office Tuesday night, for
delivery to subscriber* Wed
nesday moraine. The fol
lowing week, the paper will
Im placed in the mall
ThttrOay Olffet, ao4 to
reach subscribers Friday.
While staff members have
except that it will close
a week's vacation, the Press
office will be open as usual,
Friday, December 24, at
noon, and remain closed
until Tuesday morning, De
cember 28.
Advertisers and persons
who have news they wish
to (ret in next week's paper
?the last issue before
Christmas? are asked to
keep hi mind the earler
publication day. Display ad
vertising for that issue
should be received not later
than noon Monday, and
new* and want ads should be
in not later than 6 p. m.
ikit 4?r<
N ?
2 Macon Men Die
As ."lane Crashes
Prizu Beef
Auction Set For 7:30
Saturday Nigh.
"ayes Gregory'? prize-winning
calf, cut up into packages o.
from one pound up, wil le
auctioned at the Slagle Memo
rial Saturday night at 7:30
o'clock.
Each package will be labeled
is to the cut and weight.
B. W. McGlamery will serve
as auctioneer.
Tre purpose of the auction, J
it was explained is to rt-ise i
funds to pay the premium \
price for the prize-winning
animal guaranteed by indi
vidual members of the Frank- !
lin Rotary club, which is spon
soring the sAle. Should any
money be left over, it will be
placed to the fund for installa
tion of a heating system in
the memorial building.
Franklin Frozen Foods, Inc.,
has agreed to place in its
locker plant beef bought during
the evening which the pur
chasers do not wish to use Im
mediately.
Rotary club officials have ex
pressed the hope that a large
number will attend the auction,
so that many persons can have
some of the prize beef and at
the same time participate in a
worthy enterprise. Persons who
cannot attend are asked to
send a representative to bid for
I them.
One package of beef will be
given as a prize.
Slaughter
House Built
By FFA Boys
The completion of a modern
slaughter house, valued at $12,
000, by the Future Farmers of
America has been announced by
E. J. Whitmire, vocational agri
culture teacher.
This building is to be used
in conjunction with c'.assroom
laboratory work and after-school
hours slaughtering will be dene
for the public.
The building represents a
cash investment by these toys
of $8,000. It is a concrete struc
ture, fully equipped with 'mod
ern equipment, and has been
given a high sanitary rat nf
by health department officials
Mr. Whitmire said.
He also pointed out that,
while the building was built
and financed by the Future
Farmers organization, it is situ
ated on school property, and
therefore is the property of
the school board.
Christmas Program
To Be Given At P. T. A.
Meeting On Monday
A Christmas program will
mark the December meeting of
the Franklin Parent-Teacher
association Monday evening at
7:30 at the school.
The program will be given by
the sixth grade rooms of J. J.
Mann and Miss May beryl
Moody.
A tea will follow the meeting.
Seedling Applications
Should Be Placed New
Farmers who expect to set
white pine or short leaf pine
seedlings for erosion control or
under planting should place
their orders with the county
agent's office immediately, it
was said this week. No orders
can be accepted after January
15.
It Injured When Caught
Between Truck, Lumber
Mania Stuczynskl, 61, man
ager of the Highlands Briar,
was injured Sunday when he
was caught between a pile of
lumber and a backing truck
driven by his son-in-law, Mor
ris Tletenbaun. Mr. Stuczynskl i
suffered multiple rib fractures.
He is a patient at Angel hos
Eltal, where it was said his 1
i juries are Mrtoui. I'
R i t es Held Wedi ^sday
For Harold Bra&loy
And 'Max' Grejn
Two Franklin youths Harjld
Floyd trad ey and Berver ?. c
Clane (Max) Green were in
stantly kill.'d in an a.ip ane
wreck near Allendale, L. ^.,
IIjIO a. m. Monday.
The plane, owned and piloted
by Mr. Bradley, encountered b^d
weather and apparently ran
out o{ gas.
The bodies were brought to
Franklin, and funeral ser,.ces
were held Wednesday lor i- r.
Bradley at 11 a. m. at t.ie
First Baptist church, and for
Mr. Green at 3 p. m. at the
Franklin Methodist church.
Both young men had served
in the armed forces and the
local post of the American
Legion conducted the rites at
the graves, in the Franklin
cemetery.
The two left here at 9 o'clock
Monday morning with Mr.
Bradley at the controls of his
two-place Fairchilds monoplane,
headed for Miami. They did not
have a lull load of gas, it was
said at the Franklin airport,
but planned to refuel in Au
gusta, Ga. A stop also was
planned at Savannah.
The plane did not stop at
Augusta, airport officials ihe.e
told George B. Pernins, man
ager of the local airport and
after the plane had plummeted
to the earth, indications were
that the gas tank was empty
when the crash occurred. When
they passed over Augusta, the
weather was such as to have
permitted a landing, it was
said, and it is assumed that
they must have become lost.
Witnesses of the crash said
the plane, flying east, turned
back west in order to get
under a low cloud, and then
turned about in the fog ap
parently looking for the air
port, which they had passed
by about seven miles. Tnen
the engine sputtered, and the
plane nosed downward wiih
such force as to bury the en
gine some four ieet in the soft
earth.
ine Doaies, ic was saia, were
unrecognizable.
Mr. Bradley, 21, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Bradley
of Fanklin had been flying for
more than a year and . ahalf.
A graduate of the Frannl.n
High school he had served
three years in the marine corps
and was employed by a mineral
corporation near Waynesville.
He was a member of the First
Baptist churdh.
Survivors, in addition to his
parents, include a brother, Joe
Bradley, who is in the army; a
sister, Miss June Badley, of
Franklin; and his maternal
grandmother Mrs. Robert J.
Bryson, of Franklin, Rocte 3.
His funeral services were con
ducted by the pastor the Rev.
Charles E. Parker, assisted by
the Rev. D. P. Grant, of Albe
marle, formerly of Franklin.
Pallbearers were Paul Lee
Plemmons Jack Angel, Eilly
Raby Paul Holbrooks, Frank I.
Murray, Jr., and J. D. Reece.
Mr. Green, aged 20 was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer C.
Green, of near Franklin. A
graduate of Franklin High
school, he served In the navy
from 1945 to 1947, and was em
ployed by the Nantahala Power
and Light company.
In addition to his parents,
he is survived by two brothers
Homer Green, Jr., of Atlanta,
and Grady Green, of Frank
lin; one sister, Mrs. Clyde San
ders of Franklin; his paternal
? Continued on Pare Eight
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station.
High Low Prec.
Wednesday 57 38 .05
Thursday 54 29 .00
Friday .......: 46 22 .00
Saturday 52 18 .00
Sunday 82 35 .00
Monday 71 44 .03
Tuaiday 88 36 .00
Wtdneaday 64 7