Macon Highway Safety
Record for 19i8 to Date
(From State Highway I'atrol records)
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VOL. LXni? NO. 52
FRANKLIN, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22, 1948
TWELVE PAGES
FINLEY, CALLED
TO ARMY, QUITS
AS SCHOOL HEAD
Leaves Jan. 5 ; Honk
E- -* , Expect* To Fill
\ Post Shortly
W. fi. Finley, principal of the
Franklfci school announced this
?week Vhat h? has received
orders YecalUng him to duty
with the V~B. #rmy air forces,
and that he has resigned as
school principal.
Mr. Finley, who has held a
reserve commission as major
since his discharge from active
duty in 1946, will return to
army service January 5.
O. L Houk, county superin
tend s>nt of schools, said yester
day tbit steps are being taken
U f 11 the vacancy, and thst
Vie f"~' ? sure the position will
be filled before Mr. Finley ha*
to Uuve Franklin.
Due io the faet that the
vacancy c?#un In the middle
fit the ssho 1 year, it would be
tilfficuli to obtain a person
trorti outside the county system,
stftfte all persons now teaching
.tire under contact, Mr. Houk
pointed out.
Pe sons now employed In the
Macon County system who have
the - leces ary certification to
l fill the position of principal of
Vt? school here are W. C. New
ton, teacher in the Highlands
school, O. F. Summer, principal
at Highlands, and Jfcay Moses,
teacher tn the Otter Creek
? Co.mmied on Page Eight
Musical P; og.ram Set
Fl3T Tonight At 7:30
A special program of Chrlst
cas music will be presented at
the First Baptist church to
?ight. The service will open at
7:30 o'clock.
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
On last Wednesday, December
21, Col. and Mrs. L. Howard of
Smith's Bridge celebrated the
50th anniversary of their wed
ded life at their home. There
were present three persons who
attended their wedding. They
were: Mrs. Elizabeth Penland,
Crecy Long, and Jr. Josh Brad
le. Besides these were about 35
Invited guests, including Rev.
Campbell a.nd family. imme
diately following their marriage,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard settled
where they now reside and have
lived there ever since.
25 YEARS AGO
Saturday evening an enjoyable
barbecue was given by Miss
Elizabeth Deal and Mr. W. L.
Deal at their home. Those pre
sent were: Mrs. L. A. Berry, and
Mrs. C. L. Ingram, chaperones,
Misses Lenwood and Margaret
Ingram, Elizabeth, Angle, and
Martha . Deal. Myrtle Bollck,
Mary and Ethel Berry, Messers
Will and Weaver Elliot, Jack
Cabe, Walter Young, James Jus
tice, Furman and Bonnie Berry,
Marlon Deal, Charles Ingram,
Jr., and As tor Deal.
<a irvino srtA
iv x Lnivo ftuu
Preparation* Are about com
pleted tor the American Legion
Christmas party fior needy {
children to be given at the
courthouse In Franklin next
Saturday. The ladles of the Le
gion Auxiliary have made the
bags which will be filled with
fruits, c*nlles, toys, etc., And
everything Is expected to be In
ftt fb* uppoteted time, !
Says Parents Will Be
Indicted If Children
Do Not Attend School
The compulsory school law 1? I
going to be strictly enforced In i
Macon County, Mrs. Elolse O. i
Potto, county superintendent cf 1
public welfare, declared in a 1
statement Issued this week. I
The parents of any child of
school age who is not in school
when classes are resumed af er ,
the Christmas holidays Will face 1
Indictment proceedings, Mrs j
Potto added, Unless there Is ,
good Cause for the child's fib- ,
sence. (
The state law requires all
children, between their seventh 1
and sixteenth birthdays to at
tend school regularly during
the school term.. The penalty ,
for violation of the law Is fixed
as a Ane imposed upon the
parent of not less than $8 nor
more than $35. The law fur- 1
ther provides for Imprisonment
of not more than 30 days for
failure or refusal to pay the
fine.
The law requires leathers and j
principals to fftpftri non-attend- 1
At 84, She Will
Drive To Atlanta
For Gift Opening
At 84, Mrs. Myra Allimrt
plans to drive to AthBto
Christina* morning In time
to have braakfA't .with her
daughter, granddaughter,
and great - grandchildren ?
and to see the children opm
their Christmas gifts-.
Mrs. AUttiaa, Who sug
gested Die trip, plans to
leave With her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. WJIliam Ka ten brink,
about 4 a. m. Saturday.
The three will remain hi
Atlanta until Monday, With
another daughter ann sofi
in-lavs Mr. attd Mrtr. H. B.
and Mh. Altaian's grand
KriltA, and Mrs. Altaian's
granddaughter and her hus
band, Mr. and Mrs. John
Crawford, and their children.
I Busy Season
| Is Ahead For
Local Quints
With 10 home games schedul
: ed, the girls' and boys b&sket
; bail teams of Franklin Hi h ;
school face a busy schedule in
1949.
Theams which will face the
local aggregat.ons on the h me
court are: Sylva, January 4;
Nantahala, January 7; Cullo
whee, January 11; Stecoah,
January 14; Bryson City, Jan
uary 18; Hayesvllie, January 25;
Highlands, January 28; Chero
kee, February 4; Steooah, Feb
ruary 8; and Highlands, Feb
ruary 11.
Out of twon games are sched
uled on the following dates:
With Sylva, January 2,; Chero
kee, February 1; , Bryson City,
February 18; and Murphy, Feb
ruary 22.
After getting off to a fast
' start with both .the boys' and
girls' teams winning over Mur
phy, both teams lOBt their next
two games. In the Murphy con
test the girls won by 24-18,
while the boys won by a 31-2
margin.
In the next two games, the
girls were defeated by Cullo
whee, 27-18, and Nantahala, 37
12. The local boys took their
worst defeat at the hands of
Cullowhee by a 38-18 score, and
then dropped a close game to
Nantahala, 31-32.
Last night (Tuesdcty) the
local teams played Hsyeg/ljle
w the Hsjtovlfle court.
met after due notice had been
jlven the parents, to the super
intendent Of welfare, and placet
the responsibility for prosecu
tion upon the welfare superin
tendent. ,
Mra, Potts' statement follows. 1
"the N&rth Carolina laW re
lUireh ta&, els county superin
tendent of public welfare, to
Bring Indictment proceedings
against any Macon County par
ents whose children of school
age do not attend school reg
ularly, unless good cause for
their absence can be shown.
""Starting the first of the
year 194., I shall enforce the
compulsory achool law In Macon
County without faror or par
tiality. That law requires all
children between the ages of
T end 16 year* to attend scho.l
regularly sittrihg the school
term;
"Any parent of a chlid of
feortipulsory school age who is
reported to me by the school
? Continued on Page F.lcnt
JAIL FIVE HERE
IN AUTOTHEFT
4 Men, W<E>m&ii Reported
To Have Criminal
Recflrdl
?Wt men and one woman
were arrested In Franklin l~t?
Sunday night by State High
way Partolman Pritchard
Smith, Jr., and Sheriff J. P.
Bradley on charges of having
a stolen automobile in their"
pMMWion.
.TfyS flvepfcrSdtyi all from otifc
8f si&te, were said by Patrol
man Smith to have criminal
records.
Hie arrest took place in front
of Duncan Motor company,
where the, group had stopped.
They were attempting to pawn
an automobile tire to obtain
gasoline to so to Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Mr. Brnith and sheriff Bmdlfjf
were drlvjftS by. Noticing th?
grStttf ana the flashy autsm-v
ble, a 1M6 two-tone Buick con
vertible, felt that the situation
warranted Investigation. After
none of the occupants could
produce title to the car, the
law enforcement officials pro
ceeded with further questioning
and John WolfOrd, driver of
the car, and said by Mr. Smith
to lie a 'New 'York city parole
violator, admitted stealing the
automobile, the officers said.
The other members of the
quintet, Miss Blanche Dalpe, of
Long Island, John Frledel, Bal
timore, Md., Roser K. Chesser,
Baltimore, and George J. Deen
felter, Baltimore? denied anv
knowledge of the theft cf th?
car, but the entire group la
being held in the Macon Count"
'lall. A hearing will be held be
fore a United States comn's
sloner some time this week, M~.
Smith said.
During the questioning, Wrl
ton placed the number of cars
that he had stolen 73 or 8",
but said he had been con
victed only three ttmes Mr.
Smith said the FBI had been
Called In on the case.
Midnight Service Will
Be Held At St. Amines
This year's annual midnight
service at St. Agnes Episcopal
church will start nt 11:30 o'clock
Christmas eve, with the rect-r,
the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, tn
charge. The service will be
marked by the celebration ol
the Holy Communion and the
Btnglpi of carols, .il y ?
,. *4 * ii . i y
CROP OF 450
HEARS ANNUAL
YULE CANTATA
29 In CHenw For Third
Chri#tma? Music
Program
An attentive audience of ap- I
proximately 450 persons crowded
iflto the Franklin Methodist 1
Shwfch Sunday flight for the
third annitai Christmas can
tata, presehted by; Hi#fllb*rs of
the choirs of Franlti ri fehurehes,
Every seat was takeri and
standing roam was at a pre- j
mlum In the side aisles and at 1
the rear of the auditorium , ps
the one-hour program opened
promptly at 8 o'clock. ;
ThU year'* performance was
directed by MM. Clarence Henry,
with Mri. Gilmer A. Janes at
the organ and Mrs. H w.
C&be fts pianist Twenty-nine
voices Were heard in the chorus.
W fearing Whifcg ctidir robes
and carrying lighted gafidleg,
the participants entered the
auditorium from the Sunday
school department and march', a
down the center aisle singing,
"O, CJome, All Ye Faithful", an
18th century melody.
The program was divided Into
three group* of numbers.
In the first, taken frm
"Music of Bethlehem," by Bol
ton, the entire choir sang "Ring
bfl, d Sohf" and "Song cf
Bope,:; titf JHaie ehofuS fen
(Tered "A King shail Reign",
and the women's choriis 6ort
cluded with "First Christma;
Carol".
' The second group opened W!.in
Adam's "O Holy Night", a voc-1
solo by Mrs. Henry, The ch^lr
sarig Hoi toll's "fa Bethlehem
firaw Near'' and Keating'# "W#
foUri# Otfr torfi^ fjei ft, Mr.?.
R. S. JOnfcS gave a reading',
"When the King Oafc?", by1
| Cynthia P. Maus
I In the third group, the choir
sang "Lullaby Hymn" and "The
M>islc of the Bells", both by
Holton, and three oarols, "Olo-la
In excelsls Deo", "We Three
Kings ', and "The First Noel".
Un. Jones re*d John Erskln'?
peem. 'The Shepherd Speaks",
and the choir saflg "Muslfl of
o'.hlehem''.
| The program closed with the
benediction, pronounced by the
church's pastor^ the Rev. A. C.
Olbbs.
Members of the choir were:
Sopranos: Mrs. Betty Alexan
der, Mrs. Bill Bryson, Mrs. A
C. Olbbs. Mrs. Earl Harmon,
Mrs. Donald Jones, Miss Harriett
Murray, Mrs. Nobla Murray, M s.
B. S. Phllbrlck, Miss Betty Sha
rltz. Mrs. Guy Sharitz, Mrs.
I Hyldah Shepherd, Mrs. Bob
Sloan, Mrs. Reby Tessler, snd
Miss Esther Wallace.
Atlos: Mrs. Prelo Dryma.n, Mrs.
Hoyt Evans, Mrs. Nell Johnston,
Miss Elizabeth Jones, Miss Lil
lian Jones. Mrs. Lucille Lassiter,
Miss Dorothy Sloan, and Mrs.
H. X. sloa.n.
Tenors: Mac Duncan, Phil
McCollum, Richard Sloan, a d
George Tessler.
Basses: E. J. carpenter, the
Rev Hoyt Evans, and s. W.
Mendenhftll.
Schools In County
To Close Thursday
For Yule Holidays
Public schools throughout the
Macon County system will close
at the end of classes tomor
row (Thursday) for the Chrlst
i holidays.
Classes will be resumed Won
I day morning, January 3.
I Contrary to the practice In
; the past, when schools In dl'
ferent localities took vary In:
lengths of time for Christina'
' vacation, all the schools thl;
i wr wjll start end ftxd th<
hoiiiays Dmtftimtowly.'.-..
TfiTte'" '
Phone Firm Plans
$100,000 Program
Prize Beef
Brings $773 At Auction
Of Package*
The slightly more than 100
packages of beef from Hayes
Greglry's prize coif briught a
total of $773.90 at Saturday
night's auction at the SLagle
memorial, sponsored by the
Ffanklln Rotary club.
The total weight was 557
pounds, so that the average was
approximately $1.39 per pound.
Some of the steaks, however,
sold for about $3 per pound,
notably the package of T-bone
that, after spirited bidding,
went to E. J. Whitmire for
$1950
The heaviest of the more
than 30 buyers was W. C. Bur
rail, who purchases amounted
to approximately $167.
As s result of the sale, there
.not only was enough money to
t&ta cure of the 75 cents a
pound (oh the foot) price guar
anteed for th? animal when 1
won first prize In Asheville, but
there was approximately $70
profit, which will go into the
Rotary club's Memorial building
furnace fund.
B. W. McOlamerywas auction
eer.
The package of T-bone steak
Offered as a prize went to Wiley
brown,
DRY VICTORY
CELEBRATED
Piiflde, Meeting Mark
find Of Legal Beer
An tf W(M Her#
Ceietffiitlng the end of legal
beer and wtn? to this county,
Macon County flrys Saturday
paraded through th# business
district and then held a meet
ing at the courthouse.
The observance came three
days after the deadline on the
sale of beer and wine here,
which were voted out by .mar
gins 6* about 10 to 1 In the
electioii (aSt Atlgtist 28.
The courtfiotfse Was filled for
the program, held ftfc 11 a, m.,
immediately after the parade.
Judge George B. PattcOT pre
sided, and the chief spealter
was the Rev. Charles A. Parker,
pastor of the First Baptist
church. The' Rev. William Sor
rells and the Rev. Htoyt Evans
led in prayer. Music was pro
vided by the Sylva High school
band.
The parade, led bv the band
formed at the Franklin sch ol.
The line of march wos the
Georgia highway to Palmer
street, Palmer to its Intersec
tion with East Main, and East
Main to the courthouse
Yule Programs Planred
By Union Sunday Schools
Special Christmas services si
Union Sunday schools tn th'i
oounty have been announced
I -s follows: Walnut Creek school
j Friday at 10 a. m.; Rainbow
Springs, Friday at 2 p. m
Sloan's chapel, Friday at 7:30
Olive Hill, Saturday at 7; Sal err
Mpthodlst church, Sunday, a
2:30; and Frlendshlo tabernacle
December 28 at 2:30.
DIME BOARD RAISES $250
A total of $250.25 was place*
on the Lions club's dime board
1 kept open on the public squir
? the last three Saturdays. Th
! money wlll# be used for cur
? chase, by 'a club commlttf
? headed by Elbert Angel, to bu
1 clothing for needy Mapo
' County children
Non-Crank Service Wi'.l
Be Put In Here; Dial
In Highlands
A $100,000 expansion program
that will provide the caramon
battery (non -crank) type of
telephone service for Franklin
I and will approximately triple
the number of operators on
duty here was announced this
week by the Western Carol na
Telephone company.
The program also calls (or In
stallation of dial systems n
Highlands and Clayton, Go.., and
improvements and extensions In
other towns served by the tele
phone company, which has its
headquarters in Franklin.
The announcement followed
authorization by the N. C. Utili
ties commission last week which
will permit the company to
double its capital stock.
The plans also call tor im
provement and speeding up of
long distance service out of
Franklin, R. E. McKelvey, the
company's general manager,
said. After the cut-over to the
new equipment, Franklin will
be a toll center, which means
that the operators in Franklin
? will handle long distance calls
| themselves, Instead of passing
j them along to operators in Cor
nelia, Ga., or some other town.
Several direct circuits fnrm
Franklin to Ashevllle and
Franklin to Atlanta also are
planned.
While the equipment for
Franklin, Highlands, and Clay
ton already is on' order it will
be about the first of May before
I the Franklin equipment will ar
' rive and can be Installed, and
It probably will be sometime
in 1950 before Highlands and
Clayton are cut-over to the dial
service, Mr. McKelvey said.
The new Franklin switchboard
Continue]! on Page Eight ?
Subscribers To
Get Next Week 'a
Press On Friday
Next week's issue of The
Press will be published 24
hours later than usual The
paper will be placed in the
mail Thursday night, and
should reich Macon County
subscribers Friday morning.
As explained last week, the
changes in publication
schedule for the last issue
before Christmas and the
first after Ch'istmas was
decided upon in order to
make possible a week's va
cation for members of the
staff.
PLAN PLAY, PAGEANT
A Christmas play and pageant
will be given at the Iotla Bap
tist church tomorrow (Thurs
day) night at 7:30 o'clock. The
public is invited to attend.
PLAN YULE SERVICES
Speciil Christmas services will
, be held st Gillespie's chapel
tomorrow (Thursday) evening
' at 6 o'clock, at Mt. Zlon at 8
1 o'clock, and at Maiden's chapel
Friday at 7 p. m.
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' The W.eather
Temperatures and precipita
tion lor the past seven day*,
and the low temperature v?<
terday. a* recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment rtntlnn.
High Low Prec.
Wednesday , 68 54 .01
Thursday 65 55 .55
Friday 63 48 1.04
Saturday ....* 44 34 .29
Sunday 51 35 .69
Monday 49 27 .00
Tuesday 20 -00
Total rainfall