WliE 0fmklin Hftn Qht ^jiaWant>? IRacoman VOlTlxiV-NO. 11 FRANKLIN. N. C.THURgPAY, MAECW 17, |H? Calendar Of The Week'* EVENTS * Data for this column should ncaoh The Press by not ?later than noon Tuesday. In order to keep the calendar accurate, secretaries of organisations are requested t o notify the newspaper promptly of changes in ttoe time or place of meetings. THURSDAY, MUCH 11 6 p. m. ? Nequassa Chapter No. 43, Order of the Eastern Star, banquet at Panorama Court. 7 p. m. ? Eastern Star regular meeting at Slagle Memorial building. 7:30 p. m. ? Post No. 109, Am erican Legion, at Memorial buldlng. 8 ; 30 p. m. ? Eastern Star In stallation of officers at Memor ial building.. FRIDAY 7 p. m. ? Troop No. 1, Boy Soauts, at Memorial building. SATURDAY 7:30 p. m. ? Teen Age club party at Hotel Hearn. 8 p. m. ? Dance (American Legion benefit) at Memorial building. MONDAY 10 a. m. ? Board of county commissioners at courthouse. 7:30 p. m. ? Franklin Parent Teacher association at the school. TUESDAY 10 a. m. ? 4-H Neighborhood leaders at Agricultural building. 1 p. m. ? N. C. Little Sym phony children's concert at Friendship Tabernacle. 8 p. "iti. ? N. C. Little Sym phony concert at Franklin Me thodist church. 8 p. m. ? American Legion Auxiliary at home of Mrs. H. W. Cabe.. WEDNESDAY 7 p. m. ? Franklin Rotary club at Memorial btftldlng. 7:30 p. m. ? Memorial Post No. 7339, Veteran* of tiDreign wars, at Agricultural building. Graeber To Show Mories On Blister Ruat Friday R. W. Graeber, N. C. Exten sion service forester, will be In this county tomorrow (Friday) and will show motion pictures on blister rust control. The pic tures, which adults aa well as children are invited to see, will be shown at Co wee school at 9 a. m.; at Slagle school at 2 p. m.; and at HigdonvUle school at 7:30 p. m. ?? ? I Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward thmjii the file* ?( The Trim) 54 TEARS AOO THIS WEEK In the Legislature: An act supplementary to an act Incor porating the Ohio River, Frank lin and Tidewater Railway Com pany passed. Prom an advertisement: Champion SteelFrame "Cut Out Disc" Harrow. 10 discs, 5 feet, with cleaners, dontoletres &c. complete, $18 delivered to your nearest depot. T. 8. Mor rison, Ashevllle, N. C. Doorkeeper W. R. Stallcup (of Franklin) was presented with a gold-headed cane by his assis tants in the legislature, pages and laboreres. 25 YEARS AGO We congratulate our neighbor, I Mr. John Corbln, on winning one of the more important prizes given at the poultry show at Franklin? Prom Ellijay Items. We, the undersigned merch ants of Franklin, realizing that time, strength, and health can be conserved by early eloBting, do hereby agree to dose our stores to all customers promptly at 7 o'clock, p. m., an all days except Saturday*. 1* YEAB8 AGO A message was receved Satur day at WPA area headquarters In Franklin stating that the water and sewer extension pro ject ha* been approved: Locke Steppe is valedictorian and Irene Wight is sakitator lan of the graduating dm It Otter Creek Ityh school. ORCHESTRA TO PLAY HERE ? Above is a photograph of (he Noirth Carolina little Sytn phony orchestra, which will give two ooncerts in Franklin, under the direction of Dr. Ranja min Swalin, next Tuesday, March 22. The free matinee for Macon County school children is set lor 1 p. m. at the Friendship Tabernacle, and the evening performance for Symphony members will be given at I p. m. at the Franklin Method ist church. VANRAALTETO HOLDOPEN1NG 3 99 Gueiti Expected At 'House Warming' At Plant Here The Van Raalte company win bold a "house warming' party at its Franklin plant, which now employs more than 100 persons, Saturday evening of next week. Approximately 300 Invited guests are expected to attend the event, which Is in the na ture of a formal opening of the Van Raalte plant here. The plant wm completed early last year, and now has installed 10 huge and intricate machines for the making of full-fashion ed nylon hose. In addition to the party in the evening, It is tentatively planned to open the ntamt sometime earlier In the day? the hours Some SO or 35 public officials and civic and business leaden here will be Invited to the even lng "house warming", and i score or more of officials o. the company will be present fin addition, each of the 11! employes will attend the party and each employe has the priv liege of inviting one guest. High officials of the Var, Raalte company are on the pro gram tor talks at the dinner and employes will present twi skits. Later, Bingo will be play ed. The dinner is to be preparec by members of the Franklii P.TA and served buffet style P. T. A. and served by them at the plant buffet style, the P. T. A. having taken on the task as a means of raising funds for its work. The Van Raalte company started operations here In 1646, when 12 employes were put to work mending hosiery in a room on the second floor of the Leach building. Work on one wing of the East Franklin structure got un der way later that year. Some months after Its completion, work was resumed and the pres ent plant was completed early in 1948. In addition to hosiery, the plant here also manufactures women's dress gloves. The knitting room, where the 10 big hosiery machines have being Installed, is large enough to accommodate exactly twice that number of machines, but the company has made no an nouncement of its plans with reference to the remaining space. Highlands Seniors Seek Funds For Capital Trip The senior class of the High lands High school will sponsor 3 square dance at Helen's Barn tomorrow (Friday) night at 8 o'clock, the proceeds to be ap plied to a fund the class is raising to finance a trip for class members to Washington, D. C. Mrs. Finley To Join Husband In Germany Mrs. W. H. Finley and child ren, Rebecca and Robert, will leave Franklin about April 1 i for Anderson, 8. C., where they will visit relatives while await ing orders to Mil for Europe to join Major Unlay, who is < stationed at Irdlnf, Qermany. , Symphony To Give Two Concerts Here Tuesday Asks Cooper atiort In Making Tourist Booklet Complete The Franklin Chamber of Commerce is preparing to issue a new tourist booklet listing accommodations in and near Franklin,, and the organization this week ask ed the cooperation of the public in making the list ings complete and arcurate. All persons who will take tourists this summer ? whether1 they operate a ho tel or have a single room for rent ? are asked to get in touch with Frank I. Mur ray, secretary, immediately. Information about accom modations can be forwarded to Mr. Murray by mail or he can be reached at Tele phone No. 7403. Club Members Win High Rating* A t Music Festival Two of the nine members of -he Franklin Junior Music club vho entered the annual spflng music festival in Asheville last Saturday won top ratings for heir performances. Four came back home wih the second high est rating, and three, with the .hird highest. Carelen Sorrells and Martha Womack were given "superior" at'rngs the highest given. Beverly Stockton, Jo Ann Henderson, Margaret Allison, and Martha Ann Stockton won the second high grade of "ex cellent".. And a rating of "very good" was given Sarah Elizabeth Parker, Edith Plemmons, and Patricia Landruin. All pupils who enter the fes tival are graded on 10 different points, and then given one of five ratings, starting with "su perior" and oomlng downward. Each of the some 300 pupils taking part gave two selections, one required for his or her classification, and one chosen by the pupil. The festival i.s sponsored by the National Federation of Jun ior Music clubs, and is open only to members of federated junior clubs. Accompanying the Franklin group to Asheville were Mrs. Weimar Jones, club oounselor, whose piano pupils the nine Franklin entrants are, the Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Parker, and Mrs. Lester Henderson. - Membership Sales To End Saturday ; Is Fourth Season In Macon The N. C. Little Symphony orchestra, appearing in Frank lin for its fourth successive season, will give two concerts here next Tuesday. The orchestra will play at 1 p. m. at the Friendship taber nacle In a free ooncert for Ma con County school children. The evening performance for adults will be at the Franklin Metho dist church at 8 o'clock that evening. Meanwhile, the local Symph ony committee announced that the campaign for memberships will end Saturday, and that thereafter admission to the eve ning performance will be by ticket only.. Tickets may be bought, at a slight advance In orice, at the door Tuesday even teg, if and as long as seating room remains. The church. has a seating capacity of only 376, ?>r 400 at most. Through Saturday, member ships may be obtained at Per ry's Drug store. General mem berships are $2, plus tax. While the matinee for school children usually is referred to as a "free concert", It is free only to the children, it was pointed out? not to the county. The or chestra's fee tor that concert Is $350, and the children's event is made possible only through the memberships taken by Ma con County persons. The tabernacle will seat 1,100, which will make It possible tor approximately one-third of the PROGRAM ON PAGE 5 The profram (or thf N. C. Little Symphony's eveninf concert will be bound on page 5. , elementary school children In the county to be accommodat ed. High school children may attend the evening performance, at a special student rate of $1, plus tax. In both performances, the 22 piece orchestra will be directed ?Continued on Page Six Farm Students To Give P. T. A. Program Monday The Franklin school agricul ture department, headed by E. J. Whitmire, Jr., will conduct the program at the February meet ing of the Franklin Parent Teacher association, it was an nounced this week. The meeting is set for next Monday even ing at 7:30 o'clock at the school. Mrs. C. N.. Dowdle,, the presi dent, will preside. 1 36 Communities, Besides This One, Are Named Franklin 1 1 { People here, when they go away from home and are asked where they live, say, "in Frank lin". But which Franklin? There ore 37 communities in the world named Franklin, ac cording ta the Encyclopaedic Britannica, 34 of them in the ITnited States. They ranee in size from Franklin. Alaska, the to Franklin, Penna., the largest. The other Franklins are in Alshanw Arizona, Arkansas, Oalt'ornin. Connecticut, OeoTln. Mnho, Illinois. Indiana. Truwa, Kansas, Kentucky, I/>ul#ftna, Maine, dassachutts. Mich lean. Mew Bnmn?hire, New Jersey, Mew York, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee. Texas, Vermont, Vlr Ilnla, We?t Virginia, and WU consin, besides the two in Min nesota ? one in Renville county end one In St. Louis county ? one in Manitoba, Canada, and the one in Tasmania, Australia. Highlands, the name of Macon county's only other incorpor ated town, is far less popular as a name. The U. 8. Postal Ouide lists only two others in the United States, one in New Jersey and one in Texas. There are, however, 13 post offices in the United States with the same name, minus the last S? Highland. Eight post offices in this county due In some cases, no doubt, to the fact they have kept the Cherokee names orig inally given the localities? are unique as to ruime. There Is only one Aquone In the entire United States, only one Cul iasaja, only one Gneiss, only one Leatherm&n, only one Rain bow Springs, only one Scaly, only one West's Mill, and only one Telllco ? though Tennes see has a Telllco Plains. There are, however, three Ottos besides that In Macon County. They are In Indiana, New York, and Texas, And post offices bearing the name Prentiss are in Kentucky. Maine, and Mississippi And Ill inois and Wisconsin each has a Prentice. There U & Stiles In Kentucky. Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, as well aa the North Carolina one In this county. And Nebraska has a Flats, an4 OMifl* ?n Eiltjay. s LAND OPTIONED AS SCHOOL SITE FOR NANTAHALA About 6 Acres In Owenby Bottoms To Be Bought By County Board A cite for the proposed Nan tahala school was optioned tnis weett, It was announced by County Supt. G. L. Houk. The site chosen Is known as the Owenby Bottoms, situated at the Inter section 01 he Camp Branch road and the Fores i Service road that runs through Nantahala, Mr. Houk sa'id. The exact acreage will not be known until the property is surveyed and bounaanes de ierm.ned, but a tract of about four and a half acres Is being bought from the Douthit heirs, and approximately one acre, ad joining, from Warren Own bey. Alter the surveys are oompleted and boundaries fixed, the prop erty will be purchased, Mr. Houk said. His action in taking options on the two tracts was in com pliance with authority given by the county board of education. The board acted following a recent visit of two members? Chairman C. Gordon Moore and Bob Sloan? and Mr. Houk to the Nantahala section in search of a site. The place chosen, a fairly level field with a creek nearby, is near the site of the old Owen by school. The three officials who visited it expressed the be lief that it is the best situation available that is anywhere near the center of the school popula tion to be served. Eastern Star Plans Dinner, Installation The Eastern Star here, Ne quassa Chapter 43, this Thurs day) evening will hold a ban quet honoring high ranking officials of the order and later in the evening will install its new officers. The banquet, honoring the worthy grand matron, Miss Ethel Lovett, of Asheville, and the worthy grand patron, A. M. Tingle, of Asheville, will be held at Panorama court at 6 p. m. The regular meeting is set for 7 p. m. at the Slagle Memorial building, and at 8:30 the meet ing will be opened for the in stallation of new officers. Miss Lovett will be in this district, made up of the six most westernly counties of the state, all next week, and she and Mrs. M&rgret Cabe, of Franklin, district deputy grand matron, will spend the week visiting the nine chapters In the district. The officers of the chapter are: Mrs. Florencs S. Sherrill, wor- : thy matron; Edgar J. Whitaker, re-elected worthy patron; Mrs. i Josephine Long, associate mat ron; John Bulgln, associate pa tron; Mrs. Nobia Murray, re elected secretary; Mrs. Alice Ray, re-elected treasurer; Mrs. Esther Cunningham, oonduct- ' ress; Mrs. Margaret Bolton, as sociate conductress. The appointees Include Mrs. Ada Grant, Adah; Mrs. Emma ? Continued on Pace Six 'Prisoner' Escapes After 10 Unhappy Minutes In 'Jail' Paul Smith, of Franklin, Route 2, spent 10 or 15 uncom fortable minjutes locked In an unexpected "jail" late Saturday. Mr. Smith can laugh about it now, biut it wasn't funny at all . it the time. Interested In buying a truck, Mr. Smith visited Burrell Motor company's used car lot. The lot, situated on East Main street, is surrounded by a high fence of heavy wire, so that the vehicles can safely be left in the lot overnight. Finding a truck that appealed to him, Mr. Smith took time to examine it carefully, and finally climbed into the cab?where he was ,'nvisible from the lots street entrance? for a look. Having sat isfied himself, he earned out md started to leave. But in the meantime, a Bur -ell employe had securely pad locked the gate. A trifle panicky, Mr. Smith tried unsuccessfully to cltmi) the fence. He looked, in vain, for a vehicle parked close enough to the fence to enable h'm to scale the barricade from a car top. He called iloud but nobody heard h'm. At last, he found the fire escape door at the rear of the Macon Thea tre, and loudly kicked on It to attract attention from that quarter. No luck! Finally, however, the noiFf was heard by Guve Wilson, manager of Sossamon Furniture company, who liberated the "prisoner" by permitting him to climb through the rear w ndow of the furniture store, and thus make hi* way to the street ? nd freedom. . RED CROSS HAS $983 TO DATE More Than Half Of Fund Quota Turned In Or Reported Contributions so far reported to the Red Cross fund drive aere yesterday totaled $983.61, 3. G. Crawford, fund chairman, announced. This represents nearly 55 per cent of the coun ty's $1,796 quota. Of the total, $750.66 Is cash delivered to Red Cross head quarters here, and $232.95 is in contributions reported by work ers, but not yet turned in. Meanwhile, Highlands will have the "kick-off" dinner for its local campaign tomorrow (Friday) night, and will make its drive on Saturday. Most of the funds raised to date have been outright dona tions, but Mr. Crawford report ed that the Clark's Chapel com munity held a benefit bingo party and cake walk, sponsored by a committee headed by Mrs. Hazel Sutton, last Saturday n'ght, at which $28.85 was rais ed. Several workers in town and a. number in the rural communi ties have not reported, Mr. Crawford said, adding that they ; ? Continued on Page Si> , 20,000 Pounds Of Macon Tobacco Sold, | Federation Told More than 20,000 pounds of /obacoo grown in this county vas sold on the floors of the deration and Carolina ware houses in Ashev:lle this season, Macon County stockholders in I ;he Farmers Federation were l /old at their annual meeting ast Monday at the Federation | itore here. The figures were cited by Max | Roberts, the Federation's educa lonal ' directo, who also has | charge of tobacco sales. More than 100 person jvere I jresent to hear talks by James | >. K. McClure, president, S. "W rfendenha'l. county agent here ind Mr. Roberts. Members of he staff of the local store were eo agnized. The stockholders reelected all | nembers of the county com nlttee and directors and added | ?everal new names to the list. The annual d'rector's meetlne I n Asheville will be held March | !?, it. wps announced. Follow'ng the business sea Ion, refreshments were served. ; MILLION SEEK RECREATION IN FORESTAREAS Thi? County To Receive $8,500 F rom Timber Sale Receipts The Nantahala National FTor est attracted nearly 1,000,000 re creational visitors last year, it was announced this week at the forest headquarters here. The Forest Service's estimate, based on counts at various points at different times during the year, is 978,000. In a six weeks period a counter indicated 35,000 persons visited Arrowood Glade picnic area alone ? and this was during August and Sep tember, after the outbreak of last summer's polio epidemic. In connection with the totals, E. W. Renshaw, forest supervis or, pointed out that two nation al organizations and one sec tional group held conventions on the Nantahala Forest last year. In a summary of Forest Ser vice activities, Mr. Rensb^w touched on timber sales, fire control, fish and wlldll'e coop eration with the state, and research, as well as recreation. Timber cut on the Nantahala Forest during, the fiscal year ending last June 30 totaled 42. 156,000 board feet This r pre sented a value of *105,726, to which was added 472 ton of banbark taken from the fc-e-t, which sold for $728; banging the gross receipts from fnrest products to *106,454. Approrl matelv $18 000 o' this came from the salvage of 14 685 bo-rd feet of chestnut extractwcod. After re'unds to operators and exchange ohli^tlo^s. the net receipts totaled $89 757.11. of which 25 ner cent will he re turned to Macn. Clav, Chero kee, Oraham. Swain and Jiek son eounties. in which the for est lies, in lieu of taxes. Th's 25 per cent ? $22,439 ? will be forwarded shortly fmm Washington to Raleigh n Main street here Saturday nornlng, it has been announc ed, as a benefit for the new Assembly of God church at Cul asaja. AUTO REGISTRATIONS UP U. S. automobile registrations ncreased eight per cent last rear over 1947, and truck and >us registrations were up 10 per :ent for the same period. The Weather Temperatures and preclplta lon for the past seven days, md the low temperature ye? erday, as recorded at the ToweeUi Experiment station. Wednesday 68 37 .00 ["hursday *1 36 .52 'rlday 54 24 .00 laturday 55 '4 .00 lunday 56 26 .00 rtandav 53 W .no *uesday 47 23 .00 Vtdntidiy ? 10 JO