Calendar
Of The Week'*
EVENTS
?
. Data for this column should reach
The Press by not later than noon
Tuesday. In order to keep the calendar
?ccurml#t secretaries of organisations are
requested t o notify the newspaper
promptly of changes in the time or
lace of meetings.
THUR8DAY, APRIL U
10:15 a. m. Diocesan meeting
of Episcopal auxiliaries at St.
Agnes church. ?
. 7:30 p. m.? Poet Ho. 108, Am
erican Legion, at Slagle Mem
I na.1 building.
J 7:30 p. m. Nequassa chapter
INo. 43, Order ot the Eastern
ffciar, at Masonic hall.
, FRIDAY
/ 7:30 p. m? Bingo party (Ro
tary ciub benefit) at Memorial
building.
SATURDAY ,
7:30 p. m.? Teen Age club
party at Hotel Hearn.
8 p. m.? Dance American Le
gion bene.lt) at Memorial build
ing.
MONDAY
7 p. m.? Franklin Lions club
at Memorial building.
?> WEDNESDAY
P *7 p. m.? Franklin Rotary club
at Memorial building.
7:30 p. m.? Macon County Me
morial Poet No. 7339, Veterans
of Foreign Wars,, at Agricultural
l^ulldlng.
School Board
(ppointment Still Awaiti
Action By Solons
-*he five persons who will
ve on the Macon Oountj
iird of education tor the next
10 years yesterday still were
, aiting their official appoint
f.ents by the N. C. general as
-nhiy
rhe law direct* them to meet
ganize, and name a count]
.perinlendent tor a two-yeai
hod, at a meeting to be held
pa first Monday in April, or m
pn as possible thereafter,
lie boards of education in
s state, however, are not of
ally appointed until the 001
us boards of education bill
ratified by the legislature
>d that bill yesterday was in
conference committee. The
inmittee Is assigned the task
^Jurying to work out a com
promise agreeable to both house
?nt senate in the contra vers>
over who shall make up the
meiibers of the Jackson oountj
boaid.
?ie bill, meanwhile, recog
nisf :g the delay the legislature
occasion in the counties
ains a change, setting May
i the date when new board]
office. County superinten
.. ?' terms begin July 1 ol
eacfi odd year.
pending bill names the
persons nominated in last
.flg's Democratic primary ai
... , nbers of the Macon board:
C I Gordon Moore, Bob 8. Slan
?/l Walter Gibson, incumbents;
i f 1 Mrs. Florence 8. Sherrill
r| i Fred Edward*.
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} Funeral Held
v\t Briartown Church
For J. F. Deweese
Funeral services for James
Floyd Deweese, 44, were held at
the Briartown Baptist church
Monday morning at 11 o'clock,
with the Rev. T. D. Denney,
pastor, officiating. Burial waa
In the church cemetery.
Mr. Deweese, a farmer, died
at his home In the Nantahala
section Sunday morning. He bad
been ill about six months.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Miss Eliza Virginia
Solesbee; a son, Wayne Franklin
Deweese, who lives at the De
weese home; and a sister, Mrs.
Hazel South, of near Franklin.
Pall bear es were George Pen
dergrass, Frank Baldwin, How
ard Rowland, Fred Pendergrasa,
Harley Young, and Carl Ivans.
Bryant funeral home directed
the arrangements.
WIIX HOLD SING
A special fourth Sunday sing
will be held at Calvary Bap
tist church, two miles sooth of
Otto on the Georgia highway,
Sunday afternoon, starting at
1:30 o'clock, with Smart Vinson
in ohaffii
*
Easter Dawn Marked s
By Service On Wayah
The teat notes of the trom
bones and the trumpets, play
ing the prelude, were heard.
It w mi the opening ol ihe
annual Interdenominational
Easter Sunrise service last bun
day on mile- high Wayah Bald
And as the final notes died
away, the scarlet In the eastern
sky began to fade? as If by a
p.earranged signal.
The audience bowed for the
invocation.
Even during the prayer, the
night passed.
"Christ the Lord Is Risen To
day". sang the 125 worshippers
at camp "High Haven"? moot ox
them inside the cabin, before a
tearing fire, some of them in
their cars, joined to the others
by an amplifying system, and
some, too enthralled by the dally
miracle of sunrise to be driven
indoors even by a 24-degree
temperature, on the porch fac
ing the east.
Hie hymn ended.
And the white mists in the
valley below began taking on
the bluelsh-grey tint that fore
cast their dissolution.
"Now upon the ilrst day of
the week, very early in the
morning . . . ", one of the min
isters began reading.
" The light grew brighter.
The tamillar, but ever-fresh
passage from Luke, cencluded:
"He Is rot here, but is
risen ..."
Through the windows, the
first faint rays of the sun
could be seen upon the very
tops ol the highest peaks, across
the valley to the southwest.
The worshippers bowed again
n prayer.
As ihey raised their heads,
the tip of a brilliant disc began
to climb up over the eastern
mountain wall.
Anuihei hymn was sung.
And down in the valley,
dwarfed ln.o mere hills by their
distance below, the tops of low
er mountains were touched by
jolden light, while their nearer
ides, facing northwest, still lay
In shadow.
"That they . . /might be as
sured of the resurrection to
come", ended the 20-minu.e
sermon.
The camp yard was spattered
vith odd patterns of sunshine.
The mists were slipping away.
The color in the east was sane.
The sun was above the horizon.
And the bright light revealed
Lo keen eyes a difference in
shading between the scene In
he valley, where the first ten
der green was out, and that on
he mountains, where the trees
still were naked as in mid -win
ter.
Then there was a man-made
miracle: A 40-volce choir, with
olpe organ accompaniment, fil
led the cabin with song? a re
cording of one of the selections
presented a week earlier in the
Easter cantata here.
The worshippers bowed once
more, for the benediction.
Now the whole valley wa;
flooded with sunlight. Anothe;
Easter day had begun.
Highland* Honor
Students Named;
Will Graduate 14
Miss Mary Phillips, daugh
ter of Mrs. Oetia Phillips,
of tbe late J. R. Phil
Hps, Ims been named vale
dictorian of the Highlands
high school graduating
The class sshitatoriam H
Miss Maxtee Talley, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Talley.
Fourteen seniors are sch
eduled to be graduated this
year. v
Reports fram' tbe offiee
of O. P. Summer, school
principal, said thii class
had 25 members during the
first year in high school,
so that the number gradu
ating Is 56 per cent of the
number entering high school.
Mr. 8?nuner added that, ac
cording to the report of The
State Education Oommhslon,
a sampling of small high
schools showed only 4M
per east of these entering
high school in the ninth
grade eon tinned through
graduation.
'Donkey Ball' Game
To Be Played Here
Sunday Afternoon
Something different In en
tertainment is the "(tonkey boll"
game to be sponsored by the
Franklin Lions club Sunday af
ternoon at the Franklin school
The game will be played with
the players mounted on trained
donkeys that have been brought
here for the purpose.
The event, being staged by
the Lions as a benefit, will see
members of that club clash with
the Franklin Fire department.
The game is set for 2:33 o'clock.
300 Expected
For 6-County
Baptist Meei
Between 250 and 300 yoiuu
people from six Southeasleri
North Carolina counties are ex
pec ted to attend the two-daj
regional Baptist Training Untoi
convention, which will open a.
the First Baptist church hert
Friday afternoon of next week
according to Everett R. White
director.
Three sessions are scheduled
Friday afternoon, Friday even
ing, and Saturday morning.
Among highlights of the pro
gram will be a methods corner -
ence, to be held In mid-after
noon Friday, a demonstration,
program by the Andrews train
ing union at 4:56 Friday after
noon, an address by the Rev.
C. E. Parker, Franklin pastor,
am "God's Call to Youth", Fri
day evening, and an address by
the Rev. J. Alton Morris, pas
tor of the First Baptist church
in Murphy, on the topic, "Faith
ful to Our Mission."
Also of special Interest are the
Scripture reading and speakers'
tournaments, the sword -drill,
and the memory work drill.
Benefit Bingo Party
Set For 7:3Q Friday
Another in the series of Bin
go parties sponsored by the
Franklin Rotary club held at
the Slagle Memorial building
tomorrow (Friday) evening,
starting at 7:30 o'clock. These
Bingo parties are being held by
the Rotarlans as a means of
raising funds to pay for the
furnace, which the club recent
ly Installed In the Memorial
building. A large number of
prizes have been obtained.
Trout Fishing Dates
In Forest Announced
The IMS trout fishing season
will-open Saturday of next week
(April 30) In four of the five
"ooperatlve wildlife management
areas of the Nantahala National
Fbreit.
In the fftth area ? Cliffside
Lake ? the season will start
May 14.
Trout fishing In these areas
is open only on specified dates,
it was emphasised in last week's
lotot statement of E. W. Ren
shaw, Nantahala supervisor, and
Clyde P. Pattern, executive direc
tor of the state Wildlife Re
sources commission.
Trout waters to the Wavah,
Standing Indian, Santeetlah,
?4 ntu Oraak mu win t?
open to fishing on the follow
ing Saturdays and Sundays:
April 30; May 1, 7, 8. 14, IS
21, 22, 28, 29; June 4. 5, 11, 12.
18. 19, 25. 96; July 2, S, 9, 10.
23, 24; August 8, 7, 20. 21, 27.
28.
They will be open on Wed
nesdays as follows:
May 4, 11, 18. 25; June 1, 8,
16, 22, 29; July 8, 20; August 3,
17.
In addition, they will be open
on two holidays:
National Memorial day (May
30) and July 4.
CI Iff side Lake area may be
fished Saturday and Sunday,
OwOim m H?$ tm?
14 CANDIDATES
SEEKING POSTS
IN HANDS
2 In Mayor'* Race; 12
Out For S Seals
On B6ard
Two men are entered as can
didates lor mayor In the May
3 Highlands town election, and
12 seek the five seats on the
town board .of commissioners.
In the race for mayor are
William P. Plerson, real estate
and Insurance dealer, and W. H.
obb, hardware merchant and
builder and a former mayor.
The present mayor, James O
Beale, did not file for reelec
tion.
Of the present board of com
missioners, only three seek re
election ? W. A. Havs, Joe
Reese, and Edward Potts. The
two who are not standing fo
reelection are J. D. Burnettc
-nd Sidney McCarty.
The nine men not now on
the board who seek seats are
C. J. Anderson, Dr. C. F
Mi'chell. Tudor N. Hall, Ed M.
"o^ers, the Rev. R. B. DuPree,
Teter Buchanan, L. W. Rie,
Sr.. D. W. Wiley, and Harry A
?Jolt.
Filing for the Mav 3 biennial
election closed last Saturday.
?re-School
Clinics Are
To B2 Helc
The schedule of pre-schoc.
iinics u> be held In this coun
ty, starting next Monday, wat
announced this week by thi
jounty health department.
Pointing out that the sta.t
aw requlxes all children be im
munized against diptheria,
vhooping cough, and 8maUi-o>
jefoie being permitted to ente,
ichool, the health dep?xtmen.
orged that all children who wl
inter school lor the first timt
lext fall be biought to thest
jre-school clinics for checkui
xnd immunizations, if needed
'arents are urged by the de
artment to bring the child
ertiflcate, issued either by thi
amlly physician or the health
.epartment, showing what im
.nunizatlons he has* received,
and at what age. These clinics
are held in the spring, it wat
pointed out, to give time fen
the correction of defects that
may be found before the open
jig of school.
Parents who are unable to
pay for immunizations by priv
ate physicians can obtain them
at the clinics, it was explained.
The pre -school clinics for the
Franklin and Chapel (Negro)
schools will be held at the
health department office in the
Ashear building from 9 a. m. to
2 p. m. three Mondays, April 25,
May 2, and May 9, and fioc 9
a m. to noon on two Satur
days, April 23 and May 30.
The schedule at the other
schools follows:
Watauga school, next Tues
day at 10 a. m.; Holly Springs,
Tuesday at 1:30; Hlgdonville,
Wednesday at 10; Salem, Wed
nesday at 1:30; Pine Grove,
Thursday at 9:30; Gold Mine,
Th ursday at 11:30; Scaly,
Thursday at 1:30; Otter Creek,
Friday at 10; and Kyle, Friday
at 1:30.
Mrs. Heaton
Is Claimed By Death)
At Age Of 83
Mr*. Elvira Elizabeth Heaton
died at her home In the Cullas
aja community Tuesday after
noon, following a brelf Illness.
She was 83 years of age.
Born just after the close of
the Civil war, she was the
daughter of pi and Margaret
Tallent. She married Oecar E.
Heaton April 4, 1900.
Survivors, In addition to her
husband, include two sons, Lem
uel E. Heaton, of Oullasaja, and
Tom Heaton, of Ashevllle; one
sister, Miss Mary Tallent, of
lotla; three grandchildren, and
10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services, under the
direction of Bryant funeral
borne, are set for 11 a m. today
( Thursday 1 at the Bugartork
Plan For School
Band To Be Topic
At April 28 Meet
A meeting of school pat
ron* who are interested In
baring .a band organised
at the Franklin school has
been called by Principal
R. G. Sat. on lor 2 p. m.
Thursday of next week at
the Macon Theatre. Any
personln teres ed in thep o
Ject is invited, Mr. Sutton
said.
Professor Ruff, bead of
the music department at
Western Carolina Teachers
college, Cullowhee, and Wal
ter Cupp, also of the music
department, have volun
teered to give their ser
vces half a day, once a
week, to help start a school
band here. The two Cullo
whee faculty members will
be present V> discuss the
project, and they and a
group of W. C. T. C. stud
ents will present a brief
musical program.
In addition to adults,
those Franklta studen's who
are interested hi Joining a
band will attend, Mr. Sut
ton said.
MRS.DOWDLE
HEADS P. T. A.
Next Year's Officerc
Chosen; Dr. Angel
Talks On Cancer
Mrs. C. N. Dawdle was re
elected president of the Frank
lin Parent-Teacher association
it the April meeting of the as
sociation held Monday night at
the school.
Other officers chosen tor 'next
ear are:
Mrs. Frank M. Killian, vtce
iresident; Mrs. Be.ty Alexan
der, secretary; and Paul Rus
ell, treasurer.
Featuring the meeting, in ad
lition to the election of Officers,
/as a talk by Dr. Edgar Angel
>n cancer, and a discussion of
i project for organizing a school
and here.
Except that ' irritation and
ver-exrosure to sunlight may
muse cancer, little is known
i bout the cause of this disease,
ir. Angel said. Much, however,
las been learned by the medi
al profession about recogni
tion and treatment. Groups like
the P. T. A., he added, can help
to create a sane attitude toward
cancer, to get people to have
periodic examinations, and to
create a feeling of community
responsibility (Or the problem.
Pointing out that 17,000,000 of
the present population of the
United States will die of can
cer, and that the disease will
kill 2,000 children in 1949, he
cited facts that are known
about the disease, and listed
danger signals to be watched.
It is know, he said, that:
Nine out of 10 cancers of the
lip are curable; a diagnosis ol
cancer no longer is a death
sentence; 55 per cent of all
cancers are curable, if discover
ed in time; and thousands more
can be saved that are now not
being saved, by early diagnosis
and treatment.
Dr. Angel listed seven danger
signals, which, he said, should
send a person immediately to
his doctor:
Appearance of any mass or
lump or thickening in the body;
any persistent cough or hoarse
ness; any persistent indigestion;
any change in bowel habits; any
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Improvements At County
Home Favored By Jurors
Minor repairs to county build
ings were recommended by the
Maoon County grand Jury, In its
report (lied In superior court
Tuesday at noon.
The committee which visited
the county home made three
major recommendations: That
there should "be some method
of heating the upstairs for the
Inmates"; that a doctor visit
the Inmates once a week or of
tener; and that the county
home farm be "operated under
the supervision of the county
farm agent".
The home "U well enough
kept" and "rules of sanitation
observed", the report said, but
U?t th? upaUln poreh and Um
bath are In need of repair, and
new steps to the kitchen art
needed; also several window
lights need replacing, some
window and door screens should
be replaced, and light bulbs
are needed.
The report said the offices
In the courthouse are well kept
In view of the condition of the
building, but pointed out that
broken panes, loose celotex. and
floor repairs should have at
tention. "The Janitor service Is
fair, but could be better utilis
ed In keeping toilets In more
sanitary condition." A yearly
check-up 6n "dangerous floors
and minor repair* was reoam
Brady Sentenced
To 6 To 10 Years
Escaped Prisoner*. Get
8 Years Etch For
Auto Theft
James L. Guffey and Curtis
L. Parker, escaped prisoners
Irom the suite prison camp
here, wete sentenced this week
by Judge John H. Clement, pre
siding at the April term of Ma
eon superior court, 10 eight
years each for the thelt of L)r.
o. H. burnside's atitomoDUe.
Relatively lew cilmmal cases
were tried at this term, and the
criminal docket was completed
by the middle of the morning
Tuesday, when ihe court turn
ed to trial of civil cases.
Court was adjourned Wed
nesday afternoon for this week,
but will be convened Monday
morning for the second week.
Qoleman Kinney and Clauc
Green were given terms of 1?
mon.hs each for breaking and
entering and larceny. On a
>eoond count, they were given
two-year suspended sentence
They were sentenced to one year
;ach tor illegal tlshing, these
sentences to run concurrently
with the 18-month term.
Sentences of four months on
he roads, suspended on pay-,
ment of fines of $100 and the
"osts and on oohditlon they
nt drive motor vehicles for 1'
months, were given Carl Wll
Hams and C. D. Ledford, wh
'leaded guilty to operating mo
tor vehicles intoxicated.
For violating the prohibltior
laws, Nbrman Tod Guest wa
given six months, suspended on
payment of $50 and the cost
and on condition that he no
violate the prohibition laws foi
two years; Tom Patton wat
given six months, suspended for
two years on payment of $50
and the oosis; and Wade Bur
gess was given a lour months
sentence, continued on the sami
terms. Conley D. Shape, foi
manufacturing, was given 12
months, suspended tor two years
on payment of $50 and the
costs.
A four months' sentence w?i
given Ellis Carlton Cleveland
tor reckless driving, suspended
on payment of $50 and iht
costs.
In sentencing Cleveland, Judgt
Clement spoke bluntly about the
danger of an automobile, whei.
driven recklessly.
"We require a railroad engin
eer to spend years learning fc.
operate a steam engine ? and It
runs on tracks. But we license
almost anybody to drive an au
tomobile, which is almost as
dangerous as a steam engine,
and can go anywhere.
"You might as well get out
here and shoot a gun up ano
down the highway", he told the
defendant, "as to drive an au
omobile recklessly."
CHOIR PLANS BOX SUPPER
A tx>x supper, sponsored by
'he Burnlngtown Singing choli,
will be held at the CbWee sclxx,
Saturday night at 7:30 o'ekx*
Special string music will bt
furnished by local talent.
PLAN BOX SUPPER
A box supper, co-sponsorec
by the Slagle school P.TA. anc
basketball teams, will be held
at the school Saturday night at
8 o'clock. Features of the even
ing's enertainment will be a
cake walk and bingo. The bas
ketball teams will use their
share of the proceeds toward
paying for uniforms.
Virginia Man Convicted
Here Of Possessing
Burglary Tools
Robert Burrus Brady, Jr. 28
year old Virginia man, was sen
tenced by Judge J. H. Clement
In superior court here Tuesday
morning to from six to ten
years In State Prison (or pos
session of burglary tools and
firearms.
Brady and Kenneth Bruce
Sheets, were arres.ed by Pro
chard Smith, Jr., highway pat
rolman, on the Georgia road
January 20.
The jury, after deliberating
less than half an hour, brought
in a verdict of guilty in the
Brady case late Monday after
noon, but Judge Clement de
ferred passing sentence u
Tuesday morning.
The young man, who, dvf
counsel told the Judie
narcotics addict, conuv
without Interruption his skm ,
rhythmic (jum -chewing when
the Jury came Into the
courtroom, but Tuesday morn
ing, when sentence was passed,
his face was tense.
It was the second heavy sen
tence given here recently to an
out-of-state man for crimes In
volving robbery. At the Decern -
er term, Berene Arch Garland,
22, of Kentucky, drew senten
ces totaling 25 years (10 yea's
in each of two counts, and five
years on a third) for his part
In the robbery of three High
lands places of business.
In each case, the defense
asked the court for mercy, on
the ground that the de'endant
was young, under the influence
of an older, hardened crimiinal,
and Brady's attorneys ? W. R.
Francis, of Waynesvllle, and J.
H. Stockton ? argued that the
defendant's craving for narco
tics made him subject to the
orders of Sheets.
Mr. Smith, the chief state's
witness, told of finding in Bra
dy's car, . in which he and
8heets were riding at the time
of their arrest, two pistols, am
munition, two large screw driv
ers, a cold chisel, six punches,
lug grip pliers, a blackout flash
light, tour lock-picks, a 12-lnch
bar, a package of money wrap
pers, and hypodermic needless
Sheets had $1,182 in his btll-J
fold, and Brady had $41 In hifl
he said.
1 The defense, on cross exami-^j
nation, brought out that the 1
tools were all In a leather bag
that was the property of Sheets,
but Mr. Smith testified that
Brady had told hkn he knew
the tools were burglary tools,
and that he had acted as a
lookout tor Sheets.
The defense argued that, In
one of the conversations In
which Brady had made admis
sions, he had been told by
Tennessee officers that what he
said would not be used against
him, but Mr. Smith and. the
other state's witnesses? S(t. T.
A. Sandlln, of the highway pa
trol, and Louis Tappan, of the
state bureau of Investigation ?
testified that the admissions in
troduced in court were made In
a subsequent conversation at
which time Brady was warned
that what he said would be used
against him.
Sheets and Brady are alleged
to have done the recent spec
tacular airplane robbery of a
Knoxvllle, Tenn , safe, but the
only reference to that which
came out In the trial was
strlcten from the reoord by the
fudge, and the Jurors told to
disregard It. ? ... r
The defense put on no evi
dence tn the case, and waived
argument to the Jury.
When the jurors announced
their verdict, Judge Clement
remarked to than
"Yes. gentleman, there was no
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Temperature* and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low tenparatare yes
terday ? as recorded at the
Coweeta experiment ?tattoo.
Wednesday ?1 44 l.?
Thursday Tf 46 M *
Friday * tl M J?