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FRANKLIN. N. C-, THURSDAY, MARCH S,
TOTAL OF $500 I
RAISED TO DATE
FOR SYMPHONY
Orchestra Scheduled
For Two Concert!
Here MLairdi 22
Membership In the N.C. Sym
phony Society totaling appror
imately $500 have been obtain
ed In Macon County so far this
year, Miss Laura M Jones, co
unty chairman, reported Tues
day night at a conference of
citizens Interested in the pro
ect.
Funds are raised through
memberships to bring the N. C.
Little Symphony orchestra to
Franklin for its annual concerts
here.
This year the orchestra is
scheduled to appefcr here March
22, to give a free concert for
school children of the county
'it, 1 p. m. at the Friendship
tabernacle, and an evening per
formance for society members
at 8 p. m. at the Methodist
church. I '
The amount raised to date,
it is understood, is about as
much as the entire total sub
scribed in any of the previous
?bree vears the concerts have
been given here, and the 1949
concerts are nearly three weeks
away.
In vl?w of the progress so
faT, the approximately $300
remaining t.*> be subscribed will
be rained. Miss Jones believes,
if every worker goes to work
and sees all of his or her pros
pects promptly.
I .ist vear and the vear before,
the orchestra played In Frank
lin despite the fact that the
oommunit.v fell short of its
nuot.o. but it was gu wrested at
Tuesday night's meeting that
"Macon County doesn't want
to be out In the position of
begging".
Friends of the movement
have pointed out that a mem
bership not only admits the
memljer to the evening concert,
but that it is through mem
berships that the free educa
tional concerts for school child
Ten oan be made possible, and
tnat this is one way to bring
some knowledge and appre
ciation of music to school child
ren throughout the county.
Persons mho have not been
contacted may obtain member
ships at Perrv's Drug store in
Franklin. General member
ships are $2.40, and a member
ship of any type entitles the
member to attend performan
ce? of the orchestra anywhere
In the state.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
v I I
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
VETRANS ANNUAL MEET
ING? The members of Charl
es L. Robinson Camp, No. 947,
U. C. Veterans, are hereby no
tified that the camp will meet
in annual session in Franklin
on Friday, March 24, 1899, and
it is earnestly requested that
all members be present as im
portant business will he on
hand.
We regret to learn that Mr.
O. T. Henderson had the mis
fortune to have his house
burn last Saturday at the Lyle
Knob mines. Nearly erery
thlng was burned. How the fire
started is not known.
25 TEAR8 AGO
A large crowd attended the
second Macon County Poultry
Show, which was held in the
new Jolnes building last Tues
day. The finest showing of birds
ever gotten together In this
section was on the floor, there
being over fifty separate en
tries for the various prizes
offered. Mr. Weaver Gray, an
old Macon County boy who is
now farm demonstration Agent
for Jackson county, acted as 1
judge at the show. Mr. Gray
was very enthusiastic over the
excellent showing made by the
people of his old home county,
end declared that the show
would have done credit to ally
?ounty In th* state.
Then and Now? In Textiles
These two pictures furnish a striking contrast of
the textile manufacturing industry ? as it was 56
years ago and as it is today. The inset is a 1900 weave
room scene. The man with the handle-bar mustache
is a loom fixer; to his left, wearing wing collar and
tie, is the weaver. Above is a modern plant with
fluorescent lighting and streamlined equipment.
Extension To Gome
Before Highlands
Board Monday Night
The question of extend
ing the Highlands town lim
its will come before the
Highlands board of com
missioners at its monthly
meeting Monday night at 7
o'clock.
The board has given legal
notice that an ordinance
will be adopted at that time
extending the corporate
limits, unless 15 per cent of
the qualified voters in. the
area to be annexed should
oppose the extension in a
petition, or unless 15 per
cent of the qualified voters
within the present town lim
its should present such a
petition. In either case, the
taw provides that the exten
sion canqot be put into ef
fect without an election on
tha.iMBM. ,.?/,< A
The proposal call for
pushing the present limits
an average of about half a
mile farther out.
Federation
To Hold Annual Meeting
Next Friday
The annual stockholders'
meeting of the Farmers Feder
ation for Macon County will be
held at the Franklin store at 11
a. m. Friday of .next week, it
has been announced by James
G. K. McClure, president of the
Federation .
Present directors for Macon
county are Carl S. Slagle and
Albert Ramsey. Committeemen
are Mr. Slagle, Mr. Ramsey, E.
V. Ammans, J. R Holbrook. J. S.
Conley, Robert Dennett, Weaver
Gibson, Jim Young, Mrs. Effle
Hunt. Ed Byrd, and the Rev.
J. I. Vinson, Charles W. Hen
derson, C. A Rogers, and J N.
Teague.
Music will be furnished by
the Farmers Federation string
band and refreshments will be
served. .*?
Clinton Johnson
Takes Parks Post
In Louisville, Ky.
Clinton Johnson, of Franklin,
has accepted the position of
landscape architect for the city
parks of Louisville, Ky., and
will report In Louisville for his
new work April 4, It was learned
this week. Louisville is said to
have one of the most elaborate
systems of city parks in the
South.
Mrs. Johnson, teacher in the
Franklin school, will remain
here until the end of the school
term, or until a substutute can
be found, it was explained.
Mr. Johnson has been land
scape architect for the U. S.
Forest Service for the states of
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, and Tennessee for
about 15 years. He and Mrs.
Johnson, who have made their
home in Franklin for a number
of years, have been prominent
ly identified with the civic and
social activities of the commun
ity.
MASONS TO MEET .
... A meeting of Highlands Lodge
No. 4 U, A. F. and A. M., wit be
hold at tba Mft hall tomorrow
(rrMsr) ntfM at Irli o'.took.
Calendar
Of The Week's
EVENTS
in
Franklin
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
B :30 p. m.? Post No. 108, Am
erican Legion, at Slagle Mem
orial building.
7:30 p. m.? Nequassa chapter
No. 43, Order of ' the Eastern
Star, at Masonic temple.
FRIDAY
12:30 ? 2:30 p. m. ? Interde
nominational World Day of
Prayer services at St. Agnes
Episcopal church.
7 p. m. ? Troop No. 1, Boy
Scouts, at Memorial building.
7:30 p. m.? Bingo party (Ro
tary club benefit) at Memorial
building..
SATURDAY
8 p. m.? Dance (American Le
gion benefit) at Memorial build
ing.
7:30 p. m.? Teen Age Club
party at Hotel Hearn.
MONDAY
10 a. m.? Board of county
commissioners at register of
deeds office.
10 a. in.? County board of ed
ucation .at courthouse.
7:30 p. m.? Franklin board of
aldermen at town office.
WEDNESDAY
7 p. m.? Franklin Rotary club
at Memorial building.
7:0 p. m.? Macon County Me
morial Post No. 7339, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, at Agricultur
al building.
Baptist Conference
To Meet Here Monday
The Macon County Baptist
conference will meet at the
First Baptist church, Franklin,
Monday morning, starting at
10:30 o'clock, it was announced
this week. The Rev. Charles E.
Parker is moderator of the con
ference, and the Rev. W. C.
Pipes is secretary.
Steam Heat Plant
In Cowee School
Now In Operation
The steam heating plant
in the Cowee school was put
in operation Monday, it was
learnel from Principal E. J.
Carpenter.
The plant has been in
process of installation for
several weeks.
The Cowee school begun
by the WPA and completed
in 1943, has been heated
until now with stoves.
Cowee Boys
Undefeated Till Niow,
Lose To Otto
The Cowee boys' school
basketball, hitherto undefeated
this season (by an elementary
school) lost to Otto last Friday
by a soore of: Otto, 16; Cowee,
9.
The Cowee girls, who also
have won 11 straight games,
however, were victors in Fri
day's doubleheader, played at
Cowee, winning over the Otto
girls by a 25-12 score.
Tuesday, at Higdonville, the
Cowee boys wan over the Hig
donville team, 26 to 13, and the
Cowee girls defeated Higdonville
16 to 8.
Until Friday, the Qowee boys'
only defeats had been by high
school teams, Otter Creek and
the Franklin B team. The Cowee
girls' only losses to date have
been to high school groups,
Highlands and the Otter Creek
' B" team.
Mrs. Frank Waldroop
Dies At Miami, Fla.
Word has been received here
of the death of Mrs. Frank Wal
droop, of Miami, Flft., lji Miami
Monday. Mrs. Waldroop was the
daughter-in-law of Mrs. Betty
Waldroop, of Franklin. Funeral
services were to be held today
(Thursday) at Ocala, Fla., Mrs.
Waldroop's former home.
During 1948 743 persons lost
their lives, and 7,490 others were
injured, in 18,218 traffic acci
dents on North Carolina streets
and highways.
DINNER OPENS
'49 RED CROSS
FUND CAMPAIGN
Peacetime Activities
Of Agency Cited;
$1,796 Sought
The 1949 fund drive of the
Macon County Red Cross chap
ter got under way yesterday,
following Tuesday night's "kick
off" dinner meeting of workers
at the Slagle Memorial. This
year's quota is $1,796.
The work of the Red Cross
continues, although it lacks the
spectacular appeal of wartime,
Harmon H. Onuse, ..chapter
chairman, told the 36 fund so
licitors present. He cited the
Red Cross activities with OI's
overseas and the disaster relief,
and then called on Mrs. Mary
Jo Sloan, executive secretary, to
discuss the work here In Macon
County.
Mrs. Sloan, told of the chap
ter's work with veterans and
their families, of the calls for
aid to transients, and said there
is a growing need for emerg
ency welfare assistance to Ma
con County families. Families
who lose their homes by fire In
particular present emergencies
that must be met, she said.
Mr. Gnuse praised the "fine
work" done by Mrs. Sloan, who
is retiring as ezecutlve secre
tary April 1, and introduced
Mrs. Alice Rimmer, the new
secretary.
E. O. Crawford, this year's
fvnd drive chairman, told of
his experiences with the Red
Cross overseas, expressed ap
preciation for the widespread
cooperation he already has re
ceived, and urged the workers
to make their canvasses prompt
ly so that the drive can be
completed without delay. "There
is still a need", he emphasized.
A film, illustrating Red Cross
activities was shown. The meet
ing opened with the invocation,
pronounced by the Rev. L. C.
Stevens, pastor of the Metho
dist Macon circuit.
The workers In Franklin and
additional workers in the,pounty
were announced by Mr. Craw
ford as follows:
Franklin : Prltchard Smith,
Jr., Main street; Miss Julia
Ann Hlgdon and Miss Nancy
Calloway, Georgia road; Miss
Mary Ann KUUan an Miss Mary
Alice Archer. Wayah street; Miss
Beverlv Christy and Miss Caro
line Crawford, Mprphy road;
Miss Ella Jones. Bonny Crest;
Mrs. Reby Tessler, East Frank-.,
lin: Mrs. Fred Vaughan, River
view, and Hospital streets.
Mrs. Marlon Bagwell and Mrs.
W. P. Constance. Iotla street:
Mrs. Lester Oonley, Harrison
avenue; Miss Frances Barr,
Church street; Mrs. Alice Rim
mer. Btdwell street and Sunset
drive: Mrs. Rafe Teague. Palmer
stTeet; and J. L. West, Jr., West
Main street.
County: Miss Elizabeth Mead
ows, Iotla; Miss Roberta Enloe
and Mrs. Earl Harrison, Wayah
road; and G. L. Hines, the Ne
gro community.
Will Make Charge This Season
For Use Of Recreational Areas
On Nantahala, Other Forests
In line with instructions is
sued by the U. S. Forest Service
headquarters in Washington, of
ficials here are making prepar
ations to make charges this
season for use of the Nantahala
National Forest's two chief rec
reational areas, Arrowood and
Cliffside.
In, making the announcement,
E. W. Renshaw, supervisor, said
the Arrowood area will be turn
ed over to some public agency,
such as the Town of Franklin,
one of the veterans organiza
tions, or some other approved
group, for operation this season,
if such an agency is interested.
Otherwise, the Forest Service
will assign one of its personnel
to make the collecttns.
Present plans call for opera
tion of Cliffside by a private
concessionaire.
Tenative plans call for a
charge of 35 or 50 centa perl
automobile of not more than
six adults for use of either area
for picnicking, and a similar
fee for each si* persons in a
larger party. No charge will be
made for children under 12
years of age, Mr. Reus haw said.
A normal charge also will be
made for firewood, and a sched
ule of 50 cents per night, or $3
per week, has been set up for
each car party using the trailer
camp at Va.n Hook Olade, which
adjoins Cllffside.
In the event a public agency
should take over Arrowood, the
agency would be permitted to
retain all receipts, Mr. Renshaw
said. Any consessionalre, how
ever, public or private, will be
required to handle current
maintenance of the area. In
cluding such items as policing
the grounds and making minor
repairs. The handling of th'*
maintenance, It U believed,
would result In ? financial i?v
ings to the Forest Service.
A private concesslonalr will I
pay a portion of what he col
lects to the federal government.
At CUffslde last summer, Wil
liam Way, Jr., of Highlands
and Knorvllte, Tenn., had the
concession for sale of soft '
drinks, candies, and rental of 1
lockers, bathing suits, etc.
Mr. Renshaw said consider abb j
pressure has been put on the (
Forest 8ervice In recent years
to make a charge for use of J
its recreational facilities, the ,
argument being that all other (
Dhases of the fotest work ? tlm- ?
ber, pasture, game, etc. ? pay
funds into the federal treas
ury. Following experiments In <
making such charges on na- <
tlonal forests In California, the 1
Forest Service has adopted the '
new policy, to be put into tffect ]
throughout the country thla I
maon. I
Mr*. Rimmer Named
To Local Red Crou
Secretarial Post
Mrs. Alice Rimmer was
elected executive secretary
of the Macon County Red
Crass chapter at a meeting
of the executive committee
Thursday night of last week.
She began her duties March
1, and daring this month
will work with Mrs. Mary
Jo Sloan, retiring secretary,
whose resignation will be
come effective April 1.
Mrs. Rimmer, widow of
Dr. R. M. Rimmer, has made
her home in Franklin for
22 vears. She is a graduate
of the Georgia State cyrilege
for Women, where she ma
jored in home economics
and she taucht that subject
for six years. Several years
?am she assisted in sit agri
cultural survey of this re
gion made by governmental
agencies.
The Red Cross office, in
the Bank of Franklin build
ing, will continue to observe
the same office hours as in
the past, 9 a. m. to noon.
Day Of Prayer
Program To Be Held
Here Friday
An interdenominational world
day of prayer service will be
held at St. Agnes Episcopal
church from 12:30 to 2:30
o'clock tomorrow (Friday).
The program which will be
observed all over the world. Is
sponsored by the United Coun
cil of Church Women, and the
Franklin service has been ar
ranged by the women of the
churches here, but it was an
nounced that men and women,
of alll races and creeds, are in
vited to the service.
The continuous two hour ser
vice will be broken into half
hour periods, it was pointed
out, so that business men and
women and housewives can
come and go as they find time.
And the door of the church will
be open throughout the day tor
those who are unable to attend
the servces.
An offering plate will be at
the door of the church for those
who care to share In the work,
here and abroad, of the United
Council of Church Women.
The program was planned by
a commltte made up of Mrs.
Zeb Conley, Miss Elsie Hayes,
Miss Frances Barr, and Mrs.
Tom Phillips.
The Day of Prayer? prayer
for the work of the church,
and for peace ? will be observed
tomorrow In 70 different coun
tries, it was pointed out.
Rotary Will Hold
Second Bingo Party
At Memorial Friday
The Frankln Rotary club will
hold Its second benefit Bingo
party at the Slagle Memorial
building tomorrow (Friday)
night, starting at 7:30 o'clock.
Tomorrow night's party, like
that held February 18, is to raise
funds to apply on the furnace
the club recently Installed in
the building.
At last month's event a large
number attended, and at the
conclusion of the evening's en
tertainment voted in favor of an
other party at an early date.
The admission charge of $1 will
entitle persons attending to play
the entire evening.
Thad Bryaans' Infant
Son Is Taken By Death
Peter Forbell Bryson, the in
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thad
D. Bryson, Jr., died In Mission
hospital, Asheville, early Mon
day morning. The baby, bom
Saturday at the C. J. Harris
rommunlty hospital, Sylva, was
said to have developed pneu
monia, and Solicitor Bryson
took him to a specialist at the
Ashevllle institution In a vain
effort to save his life. Funeral i
services were held at the Bry
son City cemetery at 10 a. m.
ruesday .
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. 8. Thorpe, <
;f Franklin, attended the re- 1
?eptlon given bv President Tru- :
nut at the Statler hotel last i
rhursday for our -out-of-town |
Democrats who were In Wash- 1
infton for the Jefferson day ?
tinner ?
RAISE THE LOW
GAPS AT HOME
SPEAKER URGES
Greer Talks To 150^
At C. C. Dinner
On Citizenship
BULLETIN
Frank B. Duncan was el
ected 1949 president of the
Franklin Chamber of Com
merce at an organization
meeting of the new board
of directors last night. R. 8.
Jones was elected Tice-pres
idfnt, and Troup Callattan
treasurer.
Declaring the "Communism
oL ,?t_r,onger than democracy
wid religion are weak" Dr. I o
Oreer told the more than 150
men and women attending last
Friday night's annual dinner
meeting of the Franklin Cham
oer of Commerce that their
first obligation "is to be good
citizens at home."
"If we don't strengthen the
tow gaps in the line fences in
our own communities, as well
as to the state and nation, then
and only then, will we be in'
anger of letting Communism
come in , the speaker, who Is
executive vice-Dresident of the
Business Foundation, University
North Carolina declared.
K,,Fr,?m a s|ate of 12 oronnsAd
committee,
I rLef membership elected five di
, rectors to serve during 1940
5 'Benny) McOlamp-r,
Frank B. Duncan, Troup Calla
han R_ 8. (Dick) Jones, and
J 3ryant. Mr. McQlamerv
ana Mr. Duncan, since thev
Wghest votes. win
serve tor two-year terms, and
the other three for terms of
OTer ^LeaCh The two hold
?or b?ard.members elected last
T W ? "? year terms- are
Burjl. ' Jr- and W' c
President McOlamerv who
presided, reported on the'chlm?
Ef? I?48 lactlvltles. and secre
tary Prank I. Murray made a
financial report.
The Franklin Rotary and
cfc2?V!St jolnt,y ?*>? ^e
Chamber of Commerce.
, J*- ?reer. who cited Frank
ltai i progress since he first vis
H O wCn years ag0, ('uoted
?, ^ells as saying that "98
Per cent of us will never be
known outside our own com
munities", and added th.it. tor
it "r ou*ht 10 see to
t 1.5? . 1 comBlunlty ln which
the world "* community in
home" CltlZ6nshlp ^Blns at
*Trlcan be a good
hi lt #. ?e cont'mied. "unless
he Is first a good m-in. To he
a good citizen, we must be able
to see good in people; in everv
boy and girl, in every mnn and
WQmp.n there Is a snnrk tMt
lfe ??Hd; domlmte that
m ^ he a good cltl7en.
we must not act upon prejudice
but upon truth and justice. "Ye
tnfth U?,T the tru,h and the
n?l rf? make vou ,ree'- but
preludice will make you slaves.
citt^enshlo <n everv com
munity fails into three groupT
r!ti^nSt' tlhere 18 the ne?ative
the man who breaks
he law. who is an exn?n?e to
I^a^'JW1UnltV' a 'Ability in
stead of an asset.
there" Is the z*ro
citizen. He ms>y he i-snecfwhie
buf ^an ** a ch,,ITh member!
but he lives a selfish, self-cen
rred life: he doesn't care about
vou? h?TIS' your ch"^
vour highways, and your hospl
"Flnaiiv. there is the positive
citizen - and that l? whv
here. We are Interested In
ourselves and our families, but
" ""
eomwmled at the piano by Mr,
The Weather
Hlffh I/mr P w..
Wednesday (Ul SI .00
rhursday 55 35 .00
Friday M S7 ' *T
Saturday 58 28 .00
Sunday 42 M .54
Monday St) M ,14
fuMday 47 W> 00
fftdnwday ? >0 .00