/* ? ?vl Ql)t Maconian VOL. LXIV? NO. 12 _ FRANKLIN, N. C., Thnra^ay, Manh 24, 1949 TWELVE PAGES N.C. SYMPHONY CONCERTS HERE HEARD BY 1. 600 Audience Fills Church; 1,300 Children At Free Matin.se The 23-ptece N. C. Little Sym phony orchestra, appearing in Franklin lor the fourth succes sive year, Tuesday played to more than 1,600 persons. An appreciative audience of more than 300, which filled the Franklin Methodist church, heard the evening concert, and between 1,300 and 1,400 Macon County school children packed ?he Friendship tabernacle for the matinee. * J Meanwhile, It was announced that the county had ""one over the top" in the 1949 Symphony campaign, and preliminary plans were made, following the evenine performance, for next year. While the exact amount raised through memberships and f> Emission tickets had .not been determined, the total was said to be up to the quota. Elementary school chi'drf>" from 14 or 15 of the county's 19 schools attended the afternr-on concert, to which the children paid no admission charge: this concert for them is paid for through the Symphony member ships taken by Macm Countv ndults. The youngsters were transnorted to and from their schools by schools buses. pvery seat in the big taber nacle was filled, and scores cowded in the aisles, in front of the stage, and on the stage, Iwck of the orchestra. The chil dren gave everv evidence of keen interest, both In the music ?nd In' the comments of Dr. Benlamin Swalin. director, who explained the different compo sitions. Dr. Swa'tn declared he was "thrilled" by the sea of younjr faces that looked up at him, and Miss Laura M. Jones, coun tv chairman, praised the child Ten for their attention and be hovior. Jiwt prior to the last number 'Vi the evening program. Dr. Swalin n?aln referred to the "Insolrtng" event of the after noon, and expressed 'apprecia fon to Miss Jones, Mrs. Allen Wler. county secretary, J. H. Stockton, treasurer, Mrs. Betty Alexander, his assistant, and Mrs. J. M. Valentine, Highlands rep resentative, for their "fine work, which made the concerts poss ble." , i Immediately after the con cert, a group of interested per sons organized for the coming year. Miss Jones asked to be relieved of the chairmanship, and the group named W. N. Sloan chairman, and reelected Mrs. Slier and Mr. Stockton. They Set September 19 as the date for opening the member ship campaign. Following the introduction o* Dr. Swalin by the Rev. Charles E. Parker, the evening perform ance opened with the a/udlence singing "Old Hundredth "( doxo logy), accompanied by the or chestra. The concert proper then opened with the four movement Mozart Symphony No. 4 in O minor. Other num bers on the program: "Siegfried Idvll", by Wagner "The Winter's Passed". Barlow; Concert Waltz, Olazounov; Waltz, from "Serenade for Strings". Tschalkowsky; Inter mesao. from "The Jewels of the Madonna", Wolf-Ferrari; "Dance of the Buffoons", Rlmsky-Korsa kot; and Overture to "The Oypsy Baron", Strauss. The audience demanded more, and Dr. Swalin led the orches tra In two encores, Hungarian Dance No. 5, by Brahms, and "Parade of the Wooden Sol diers", Jessel, the latter by re quest of students from High lands. Training Union Meet The Macon Baptist Associa tion^ Training Union will ob serve "youth night" at its quar mass meetine tomorrow (Friday) evening, it was an nounced th's week. The meeting will be held at the Cftwee Bao tist church at 7: SO o'clock. Fea ture* of the program will be the devotional service, to be conducted bv 10 ynuiur oen?Me. ipeeltl mus'e, deoartmenbM r-mference*. nn& a ctoMng ad bv wet fNMsilve mlniitirUl student, ? Photo by Crisp Sludk MACHINES HERE TURN OUT NYLON HOSE ? Visitors to the Van Raalte plant here Saturday will have an opportunity to see these intricate machines, .which take a tiny nylon thread and turn out ladles' hose, complete except for two operations, looping and seaming. Each of these 50-feet-long knitting machines contains more than 60,000 moving parts. The photo shows two lace of meetings. THURSDAY, MARCH 24 7:30 p. m. ? Lodge No. 452, Loyal Order of Moose, at Slagle Memorial building. 7:30 p. m. First Baptist Y. W. A. at home of Miss Be be Sharitz. 7 p. m. ? Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts, at Memorial building. SATURDAY 9 a. m. to noon ? Van Raalte plant in East Franklin open for public Inspection. 6 p. m. ? Van Raalte com pany "bouse warming" party at East Franklin plant. 7:30 p. m. ? Teen Age cliub party at Hotel Hearn. 8 p. m. ? Dance (American Legion benefit) at. Memorial ouilding. MONDAY 7 p. m. ? Franklin Lions club at Memorial building. WEDNESDAY 7 p. rn. ? Franklin Rotar club at Memorial building. 8 p. m.? American Legion aux iliary at home of Mrs. H. W. Cabe. Otto P. T. A. To Hold Meeting Monday Night The Otto Parent-Teacher as sociatian will meet Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at the Otto school. Fathers, as well as mothers, are invited, officials ;mphasized. Nineteen of this county's 26 men and boys who ?re hi the 100-bushels-to-the-acre corn (rowing class are pictured above receiving certificates for their 1948 performance. In addition, the three with the greatest yields ? Fred Deal, Owen Amman*, and Johnny Kins (and ? received cash prises of 175, ?M, and $25, provided by Franklin bnstnees men. The presentations were made A the Franklin Ro tary ctnb meetlnr last week, when the Corn club mtantbers were dinner guests of the chrb. S, W. Mendenhall, ?as?Jy agent, who presented the awards^ |g ?bow* it th? estrtma right handing % Van Raalte Firm To Hold 'House Warming' At It's $250,000 Franklin Plant ? i Plan Sunrise Easter Rites Atop Wayah Plans lor an interdenomina tional Easter sunrise service to be held on Wayah Bald were outlined at a meeting of min isters last Friday. It wflt De the second in what is planned as an annual series of Easter observances on the mile-high Macon County peak. In jnaking the announcement, the sponsoring group emphasiz ed that the service is ior per sons of all denominations throughout the county. The service again is to be held at "High Haven", the Gilnier A. Jones camp, and the pians call for the audience to face the reddening east as the ser vice opens with instrumental music. While details of the program are yet to be worked out, the Rev. Charles E. Parker, First Baptist pastor here, has been chosen to preach the Easter morning sermon. The Rev. Hoyt Evans, Frank lin Presbyterian pastor, is chair man of the sponsoring group. ' Attending the planning meeting, 1 held at the Presbyterian manse, ' were Mr. Parker, the Rev. R. L. Phillips, the Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Hull, and Mr. and Mrs. Evans. Baster this year falls on April 17, three weeks later than in 1 1948. 300 Invited To Party; Open To Public 3 Morning Hours Marking the formal opening of Its quarter-million dollar plant In East Franklin, the Van Ran lte company Saturday night will entertain with a "hou^e warming" party, to which ap oroximately 300 guests have been Invited. Earlier 1n the day ? from ? a. in. to noon the hosiery and glove manufacturing plant will be open to the general public for inspection. High of ficials of the company as well as representatives of other Van Raalte plants in the South, will be here for the oc casion. The party will open at 6 p. m. dinner, to be served. buffet style, In the plant's big knitting room. Members of, the Franklin Parent - Teacher association, which Is caterer for the event, will prepare and serve the meal. On the after-dinner program are addresses, the presentation of service awards to Van Raalte personnel, two skits, a. reading, and. if time permits, the show ing of a film, "This Is Nylon". Later in the evening, the guests will play Bingo. The speakers Saturday even ing will be Frank R. Riesenber ger, of New York City, president of Van Raalte Company, Inc., L. W. Griffis, of Buffalo, N. Y? vice-president; and J. W. Craw ford. of Boon ton, N. J., hosiery production manager. I E. W. Maebert, of Blue Ridge, Continued On Page Eight? certificate to 14-year old Fred dtal, 1948 champion ?f mil Western North Carolina. Others in the pic tare, left to right: Seated: Frank Saunders, of the Bethel com munity; Clarence Vanhook, Clark's Chapel; Harold McClure, Clark's Chapel; Owen Am mans, Franklin, Route 4; and Preaoto Crawford, Cartoogechaye. Second Bow: Van B. Thomas, Gneiss; Albert L. Ramsey, Iotla; Frank Deal, Cat Creek; R. L. Cun ningham, Route 4; Eugene Gray, Riverside; Douglas Young, Riverside; It-year old lot Taylor, Rabbit i HIGHLANDS TO ELECT MY 3 ' Voteri To Choose Mayor And 5 Commissioners For 2- Year Terms The biennial elections of town .fficials in Highlands was call ed for Tuesday, May 3, by the ligh ands board of commission 's at its bi-monthly meet.ng Monday night. . In the njn-parti a.n election n the Town of Highlands voters Till ch'.ve a mayor and tlv( ?CTimissianers for terms of two ?ears. The boird Monday night ap ootated H. M. Wright registrar or the election, and T. B. Pick eslmer and Grover W. Edwards, ?udges. While ".no new registraticn i ""uired, the registration booki vill be open' from Saturday, \pril 9, through Saturday, April 23, for the registration of per ons eligible to vcte, but who i lames axe not now on the ,ooks. On the day of the e'ection the polling place ? the town office ? will be open from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Present officials of the town are J. O. Beale, mayor, a.nd J. D. Burnette, W. A. Havs, Sidney McCarty, Joe Peese. and Edward Potts, commissioners E. Patton Wins Coveted Prix de Rome Robert E. Patton, 27-year old Macon County man, has been awarded the 1948-49 Prix de Rome Fellowship In landscape architecture ? one of the most of> e*'"i honors and opportuni ties that can come to a man in that line of work. The fellowship entitles him to living quarters and a work ing studio at the America, n Aca demy In Rome, Italy, in associa tion with academy fellows In architecture, painting, sculpture music, drama, and Roman class ical studies. In addition, the orize provides approximately *1,000 for European travel dur ing his year abroad. He pirns tr sail soom for Rome. Mr. Patton was selected on a basis of an exhibit he had in New York last month, where his work was in competition with that of about 3,000 other land scape architects from all over the country. The son of R. A. Patton, of Franklin and Tampa, Fkt., and of the late Mrs. Patton, he was graduated from N. C. State col lege in 1948, after his education there was Interrupted by over seas service In the marine oorps. followed by a period of back drop painting tor MGM in Hol lywood. He is now with Simmons Bro thers, architects, Pittsburgh PenHa., where he recently creat ed a model mlnature for the new Pittsburgh airport. Creek; and Fred Deal, Cat Creek. Back row: Charles J. Ferjusoin, Route 4; Ray McConnell, Dillard, Ga., Route 1; Lyle Raby, West's Mill; Lewis Vanhook. Route 2; Johnny K'nsland, Rabbit Creek; and Frederick (Bo) Setser, Cartooge chaye. The 1 members not present for the ceremony are John W. Roane, Cartoofechaye; E. B. DuvaU; Intla; Billy Teafue, Prentiss; Bobby Tlppett, lot la; Rsbert Taylor, Route 4; Lacy Harper, Gneiss; and Jerry Potts, Cullaaaja. Work It Begun On New Ellijay School Build.ng Wort. ?n the new scbool at Ellijay got under way Monday morning, when ex cavation was begun for the building's footings. The plans call for a one story building, of brick and cir derb lock construct!- n, containing 1 0 classrooms and an auditorium. Grading Cor the structure wis done ia-t fall. awards cmi CORN GROWER? Certificate* Won By 2f For 100 E.?&h-ls; 3 Gst Cash Prizes Macon County farm men anc >oys who last year won th ?i?ht to membership in t!">< Vorth Carolina 100-bushel Corr 'lub were honored at the meet ing of the Franklin Rotary clut" 'ast Wednesday evening at the Slagle Memorial building. The Rotaria.ns also hearc T.ewis Penland, FFA youth, make the talk on soil conservation which he delivered at Waynes ville the following dav. to win second place and a $25 U. S. bond in a 14-county district elimination contest sponsored by the N. C. Bankers assoctatior and the N. C. Soil conservation association. Twenty-six In this county art known to have produced IOC bushels of corn or more to the acre in 1948. These champion growers were Invited to the meeting as dlnnei guests of the club, and cer tificates were formally presented to the 19 who were able to be present. In addition, the three top Macon County growers wert Tiven cash prizes of $75, $50, and $25, offered last spring by Franklin business men. The cash orizes went to Fred Deal, 14 year old Cat Creek boy whose weighed 135-bushel yield won Mm the championship of the state; Owen L. Ammons. of Franklin. Route 4, who stood in seoond place In this county: and Johnnv Kinsland, 14, of babbit Creek, third. The other 16 present to re ceive their certificates from S. W. Mendenhall, county agent, who made the presentations, were Charles J. Ferguson, of Franklin, Route 4; Ray McOon nell, of Dlilard, Ga., Route 1; Lyle Raby, West's Mill; Lewis Vanhook, Franklin, Route 2; Douglas Young, Riverside; Fred erick (Bo) Setser, Cartoogechaye Van B. Thomas, Gneiss; Albert L. Ramsey, Iotla; Frank Deal, Square Dance To Be Held At Otto Friday A benefit square dance will be held at the Otto school to morrow (Friday) night at 8 o'clock, sponsored by the chool athletic association. Music will be provided by Keener's string band. MACON IS FIRST IN AREA TO TOP RED CROSS FOND Reports Show Quota Oversubscribed By More Than $500 Macon County yesterday be came the first of the 34 chap ters in Western North Carolina to go over the top in the 1949 3ed Cross fund drive. The total for this county tood at $2,468.74. or more than '600 in excess of the Jl.796 quo ta, it was announced by E. O. Crawford, fund chairman. And i number of workers still had not made their iinal reports. The total represented a 33 per cent Increase over the c.oun -y's quota. Of the total Macon Ccuntv contributions, $389.10 came frcr the Tural sections $721.21 f'cn Franklin; and $1,358.43 fro Highlands. Of the amount given in High lands, according to S. C. Rus sell, $1,035.50 was given by sum mer residents, who make a part of their Red Cross contributions through the Highlands office, and $322.93 has been raised since last Saturday morning from among year-round High lands residents. The drive in the county was launched at a "kick-off" din ner at the Slagle Memorial March 1, and the far-over sub scribed quota was raised there fore, in a period of three weeks. Figures Given On U * e Of Theatre Rental Funds Rental paid (or part-time use of the Highlands school audi torium as a motion picture theatre has provided funds !tor payment of a number of school items during the present year, figures compiled In the office of O. F. Summer, school princi pal, show. Mr. Summer, who operates th<> theatre, pays an annual rental of $1,250, which is kept In a special account for Highlands school purposes, It was exDlaln ed. To date, $668.92 of this fund has been spent, he said. In athletics, R. B. DuPree was paid $225 ($45 per month 'or five months! for coaching t>e bas'.-.etball teams. Basket balls and other exoenses were $52.70, making a total of $277.70. Expenditures in connect e first "'p^e r-om <19 5R; dictionaries, *25.23: pwn'rt certificates, $15.38: si'ety nat.rnl belts and arm ba"ds. in ri rent fnr In Anderson building, $200. 100 F.xrvy^ To Attend Meet Tonight Approximately 100 deacons 'rom "apt'st churches through out this county are expected to attend the nuarterlv h wv'o ilonnl deacons' meetin" at Itofca Bantist church this (T^ursd""! evening. A swjner session, tv><> meeting 1s set for 6:30 o'clock. H. H. Plerrnons wt'l te?d a oanel discussion on "Th? w<\ri< of the Deacon". pn^ the p?w. Charles E. Parker will make the chief address. The Weather Temperatures and nreclnttn. tlon for the nast seven davs, and the low temnerature y~ ?ordav.. as recorded at the "?oweet.a Experiment statin. Wednesday 5? 10 .00 "V""-?d*y so ?o no 'V'da" ..._ 57 44 1.1* 'atorrtay M .00 50 90 00 ... ?0 J7 .no riiatrfiiv 58 ** W Vednesdoy ? 40 1.01