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TEN PAGES Calendar Of The Week'* EVENTS ? (Data for this columh should reach 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 'of changes in the time or place). THURSDAY. JUNE 30 8 p. m.? Co-Ea club at Hotel Hearn. SATURDAY 7 p. m. ? Dance (American Legion benefit) at Slagle Me morial building. 7:30 p. m.? Teen Age club at Hotel Hearn. MONDAY 10 a. m.? All-day July Fourth program gets under way. . 7 p. m? Franklin Troop No. L Boy Scouts, at Memorial build ing. TUESDAY 7:30 p. m.? Franklin board of aldermen at town office. 7:30 p. m? Junajuskee Lodge No. 145, A. F. and A. M., at Masonic hall. 8 p. m.? Co-Ed club at Hotel Hearn. WEDNESDAY 10 a. m ? Macon County 4-H girls' annual Dress Revue. 7 p. m? Franklin Rotary club at Memorial building. 7:30 p. m? Teen Age club at Hotel Hearn. t F ranklin SOFTBALL LEAGUE Results Friday night, June 24, game rained out. Monday night, June 27, game rained out. Coming Games Friday (tomorrow): Oilers vs. NP&LCo; Rotary vs. Forest Service. ? Monday: Forest Service vs. NP&LCo; Oilers vs. Van Raalte. First games start at 7:30 p. m.; second games at 8:, 15. Should File AAA Orders For Crimson Clover Now Farmers wishing to obtain crimson clover through the AAA purchase order plan should come by the AAA office in the Agricultural building and get their order, it was announced . this week. The office is closed every Saturday, and will be' closed next Monday, July 4. Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) * ? ' . 50 TEARS AGO THIS ' WEEK Mr. Jean P. Bryson has had a side shed room built to his store house. Mrs. Laura Robertson moved her millinery stock from R. L Porter's store last Thursday to the Robinson corner. Last week while in swimming with other boys in Smith's pond, Frank Potts, son of W. T., got Into deep water, and came near drowning. As he came to the surface, Willie Cleveland got to him, and holding him under one arm, he with the others got him ashore, though in an ex hausted condition. ? Highlands item. 25 YEARS AGO "Bill Cunningham craves your earl While other merchants are yelRng slack business and hard times, Bill Cunningham is putting on extra help and buy ing heavier than ever before." Advertisement. Miss Valtie Mae West is at home from Golds boro, where she has been attending school. West's Mill item. 1* YEARS AGO Organization of the Franklin Lions club was perfected at a meeting held at Cagle's restau rant the night of June 23. The following officers were elected: T. W. Angel, Jr., president; Joel Tompkins, first rice-president; Leo Manley, second vice-presi dent; Woodrow Reeves, third vice-president; James Sutton, secretary; Lester Arnold, lion tamer; W. T. Moore, tall twister; the Rev. Prank Bloxham, W. C. BurreU, and Jack Binder*, di rectors. Burgess Elected As President Of * Highlands C. Of C. Doyle Burgess .was elected president of. the Highlands Chamber of Commerce at the annual 'meeting, held in the high school auditorium last week, and R. B. DuPree was elected vice-president. Elected to the board of di rectors were W. R. Potts, Dr. Wm. A. Matthews, O. F. Sum mer, C- E. Mitchell and Frank B. Cook. A secretary and treasurer will be appointed by the board this week. Farm Club Schedule Announced The July schedule of meetings of Macon County home demon stration clubs was announced this week by Miss Carolyn Cor ry, hortie demonstration agent. The schedule follows, the hour i in each case, unless otherwise specified, being 2 p. m. Cullasaja, July 1, at the home of Mrs. Ann Berry; Walnut Creek, July 5, at 1:30 p. m., with Mrs. George Keener; Maple Springs, July 6, Mrs. Jess Sand ers; Otto, July 7, Mrs. T. J. Ramsey; Mulberry, July 8, Mrs. Carmen Sams; Carson Chapel, July 12, Agricultural building, at an hour to be announced; Iotla, July 13, at 11 a. m., Mrs. Albert Ramsey; Holly Springs, July 14, Mrs. A. O. Klnsland; Union, time and place to be announced; Otter Creek, July 18, Mrs. Grace Queen; Oak Grove, July 19, Mrs. Everette Bradley; Cartoogechaye, July 20, Mrs. T. H. McNish and Mrs. E. M. McNish; Liberty, July 21, Mrs. G. A. Cloer; Cowee, July 22, at the school; Travelers, July 26, Mrs. Arlesa Roper; Watauga, July 27, Mrs. Jeter Higdon; Clark's Chapel, with Mrs. Hazel Sutton on a date to be announced. Clinics Planned At Kyle, Otter Cireek, Otto, And Scaly Health department immuni zation clinics got under way yes terday at the Kyle .and Otter Creek schools, and clinics will be held tomorrow (Friday) at the Scaly and Otto schools. Further clinics will be held at Kyle and Otter Creek July 8 and July 13, from 10 a. m. to noon each of those two days. At Se&ly and Otto, clinics will be held tomorrow and on July 15. The hours at Scaly on each of those three days will be from 10 a. m. to noon, and the ?hours at Otto will be 1:30 to 3:30 p. m. Immunizations against ty phoid, diphtheria, whooping cough, and smallpox are offered at these clinics, as well as in fant, pre-school, and maternal attention. When possible, the health department asks that parents accompany their chil dren. Attention was called to the fact that, once immunity against typhoid is established, one shot yearly will continue the Immunity. The health department of fices in the Ashear building will be closed Monday (July 4), but will be open Tuesday from 9 to 5. for the pre-school clinic here that ordinarily would have been held Monday, it was an nounced. Seek Short Cut Road From Wlhittier To F ranklin Citizens of the Whittier com munity, who are seeking a short route between Whittier and Franklin, plan to send a peti tion to this county in behalf oi the proposed road. The plan calls for a blacktop road from the West's Mills com munity, on the Franklin-Bry son City highway, up Leather man, through the Leatherman gap, through Wesser gap, and down to Whittier. It is said that the road would cut the distance by about 10 miles. Decision to petition the state to construct such a road was reached at an enthusiastic mass meeting at Whittier Saturday night, one in a series of meet ings held on the subject. Peti tions gre to bi circulated In < Macon a? well u Swain county. POSTMASTER'S EXAMINATION WILL BE HELD July 12 Set As Deadline For Applications , To Be Filed An open, competitive exam ination to permanently fill the position c f postmaster at Frank lin has been announced by the U. 8. Civil Service commission. E. W. Long, who now holds the position, was appointed as acting postmaster upon the re tirement of T. W. Porter May 31. Receipt of applications for the position of permanent postmast er will close July 12, according to the Civil Service commission announcement received here. All applications must be properly executed and on file in the Civil Service commission office at Washington 25, D. C. prior to the close of business on that date, the a'nnaoucement added. Information and application forms may be obtained at the post office here or from the commission in Washington. The salary of the postmaster in Franklin -a second class of fice is $4,050 per year. In the ratings to be assigned by the commission, it was said that veterans will be given pref erence, but it was explained that documentary proof of mil itary or naval service must be submitted with the application. Applicants must be at least 23> years of age and not older than 62. Both men and women are eligible. Other requirements of appli cants, as listed in the commis sion's announcement are: "1. They must be citizens of or owe allegiance to the United .States on the closing date for receipt of applications specified at the head of this announce ment. Foreign-born applicants who meet the citizenship re quirement must furnish proof of United States citizenship be fore they will be eligible for appointment under civil service rules. "2. Must be actual residents They must have actually resided within the delivery of the post office for which application is ? ? Continued on Page Five Clark's Chapel Bible School Finals Are Held Commencement exercises for last week's vacation Bible school at Clark's Chapel Meth odist church were held Sunday evening. The school, described as the best in the history of the church, enrolled 75 children, and the average attendance was 57. ? Mrs. Elizabeth Sparkman was principal of the school, and Mrs. George Doster associate direc tor. Teachers were as follows: Primary, Miss Catherine Cabe, Miss Helen Jones, and Miss Ruth Ray; Junior, Mrs. George Doster, Miss Gaynell Vanhook, and Miss Darlls Sutton; Inter mediate, Mrs. Elizabeth Spark man, Miss Evelyn Ray, and Miss Candler Gray. Plan Me?t To Form 4-H Club At Clark's Chapel A meeting will be held Tues day night at 7:30 o'clock at the Clark's Chapel school for the purpose of organizing a 4-H club In the Clarks Chapel com munity, it was announced this week. Boys and girls from the ages of 10 through 20 years, j Inclusive, are eligible to Join. ROTARY SPEAKER ? M, H. Bruner, of Clemson, S. C., Southern manager of the ex tension division of E. I. du Pont de Nemours company, was the i guest speaker at last might's Franklin Rotary club annual ladies' night dinner meeting at the Slagle Memorial building. Speaking on recent dhemical de velopments, Mr. Bruner talked on "Preview of Pnogress". 75 Of 79 Enrolled Attend Bible School Daily Reporting a successful daily vactlon Bible school last week &t the Franklin Methodist church, the pastor, the Rev. A. C. Oibbs, said this week that the school had an enrollment of 79 and an average daily at tendance of 75. Mrs. Zeb Con'ey, superinten dent of the primary depart j ment, was leader of the kinder garten group, with Mrs. Lester {Henderson, Mrs. James Wurst, Mrs. Bob Porter, Mrs. W. V. Swan, and Miss Elizabeth Jones serving as teachers. Miss Jones was pianist. The primary children were I taught by Mrs. Eva Cunning J ham and Mrs. Roane Bradley, | assisted by Miss Freda Siler and Mrs. Hunter Calloway, with I Miss Siler as pianist. Teachers of the juniors were Mrs. Roy Hemphill and Mrs. Alien Siler, assisted by Mrs. A. C. Gibbs and Miss Carolyn Long. Intermediate department teachers were Miss Mozelle Mc Cormick, the church's director of religious education, and Mrs. Guy Sharitz. Miss Long served as pianist for the junior and intermediate groups. Mrs. Ben Philbrick was story teller for the classes, and a refreshment committee, headed by Mrs. W. E. Hunnicutt, served the 70-odd children each day: Other members of the commit tee were Mrs. Frank Killian, Mrs, E. W. Renshaw, Mrs. C. N. Dowdle, Mrs. T. W. Angel, Jr., Mrs. Harmon H. Gnuse, Jr., and Mrs. w. V. Swan. Will Discuss Buying School As Area Center A proposal that the Higdon ville schoolhouse be purchased for a community building will be discussed at a meeting at the school Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The present building will no longer be needed for school purposes when the new Ellijay school, now under con struction, is completed. Satur day's meeting was called by Fred Corbin. MRS. SLAGLE ILL Mrs. Henry Slagle, of Car toogechaye, who became ser iously ill Monday night, Wed nesday had sufficiently improv ed to be moved by her son, Dr. R. D. Slagle, of Sylva, to the Harris . Community hospital in Sylva. ORDER $2,700 METAL FENCE FOR BALL PARK Financed By Advertising; Other Funds Sought For Mere Seats The old wooden fence around the athletic field at the Frank lin school will be torn down this week to make way for a modern, all-metal affair that will cost $2,700. Decision to buy the new fence was reached at a meeting of more than a score of interested Franklin business and profes sional men Tuesday night. It also was decided to accept Har ley Stewart's offer to tear down and remove the old fence for the lumber he can get out of it. The $2,700 bid is for 1,455 feet of fence and gates, Installed. The new fence, to be bought from the Cyclone Fence com pany, Charlotte, Is to be six feet high, of heavy woven wire, with an iron pipe at the top, and the whale surmounted by three strands of barb wire. It will be strung on metal posts, sunk in 36 inches of concrete. It is proposed to plant honey suckle along the fence to pro vide a screen. The plan, at an earlier meet ing, called for financing the cost of the fence by selling ad vertising along the south side of the field, and the committee ? T. W. Angel, Jr., John M Archer, Jr., and Frank L. Hen ry, Jr. reported Tuesday night : that it had sold $2,700 in ad vertising. R, R. (Bob) Oalnes, who pre sided at the meeting, appointed G, L. Houk, T. W. Angel, Jr., and A. R. Higdon as a com mittee to work with the Cyclone 1 firm in deciding the exact po } sition cf the fence and gates. An additional $2,000 or $3,000 [ is to be sought with a view to | adding 1,200 seats to the sta [ dium, and ways and means of raising this fund were discussed. B. L. McGlamery, Pritchard Smith, Jr., and Frank B, Dun can were appointed as a com mittee to solicit firms and ln ! dlvlduals who have not bought advertising space on the new fence. After some discussion, it was decided to postpone action on a proposal that a permanent as sociation be formed to handle all phases of the school and community athletic and recre ational program. 4-H Club Diress Revue Tc Be Held H^re Wednesday Macon County 4-H girls will hold their annual Dress Revue at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the Agricultural building. The contestants will be di vided into junior and senior groups, and awards will be made each group. The winner of the senior group will receive a tree trip to the 4-H Short Course ?in Raleigh, where she Will participate in the state Dress Revue. The judges for the Dress Re vue will be Miss Mary Johnston, home agent in Jackson county, Mrs. Porter Scruggs, of Sylva, and Miss Dorothy Wilkinson, home agent in Rabun county, Ga. In addition to the Dress Re vue, there will be a "Wear and Care Clothing" demonstration by 4-H girls. The winner of the demonstrations will partici pate in the district contest, to be held here on July 14. Coun ty winners from Swain, Je m, Clay, Cherokee, CJrahan ?nd Macon will compete in this dis trict contest. . And That Is A Lot Of Water Which flood was higher at Franklin, that in 1940 or the one this month? With no river gauge here to settle the point, interested ob servers, still are debating the question. Jim Palmer recalls that, after the 1940 flood, he put a mark on the Standard OH warehouse, near the depot, showing the highest point the flood waters reached. And this year's flood, > it is pointed out, lacked two or three Inches of reaching that point. Furthermore, at the Iotla bridge, where there is a gauge, the gaug-e showed the flood water about six-tenths of a foot lower iij 1949 than in 1940. Despite that, however, U. S. Geological Survey representa tives, who were here shortly after the current high water, believe the 1949 flood was higher than that of nine years ago? silt de posits in the bed of the river or a slight change in the chan nel would account for the dif ference in gauge measurements, they said. And records of the Nan tahala Power and Light com pany show that more water went over its dajn here than did in the high waters nine years ago. In W40, Harmon H. Gnuse, Jr., said, slightly more than 17, 000 cubic feet of water per sec ond passed over the dam. Two weeks ago, for about an hour in the late afternoon, Mr. Onuse said, 1&.300 cubic feet passed over the dam every second. And that, whichever flood was higher, Is a lot of water. Seek N. C. Approval Of Macon $400,000 School Bond Issue The first step has been taken toward issuance and sale of Macon County's $400, 000 in school bunds. The board of cymnty com missioners has filed with the North Carolina Local Govern ment Commission, Raleigh, a request for approval of the bond issue, and R. S. Jones, county attorney, has received acknowledgement from the commission, stating that the matter is being taken under consideration. Pro-reeds from the bonds, approved in am election in 1945, are to be used for new school buildings. Following approval by the Local Government Commis sion, the bond issue must be approved by bond attorneys before the bonds can be is sued and sold. Porter Paid Tribute On Retirement T. W. Porter, who retired May 31 as postmaster at Franklin, was twice honored last week for his IS years' service. He and Mrs. Porter were guests at a dinner given in their honor by postmasters and postal employes of the county Saturday evening, and earlier Mr. Porter had received a personal letter of congratula tions from the postmaster gen ; eral. Saturday evening's surprise dinner party was held at Kelly's Inn, with Charles Potts, High lands postmaster, serving as master of ceremonies. Mr. Potts praised Mr. Porter for his rec ord, and thanked him, on be half of other postmasters and | postal workers, for his coopera tion. Short talks also were made by J. H. Stockton and E. W. Long, acting Franklin postmaster. Mr. Porter responded. Twenty guests were present. Mr. and Mrs. Porter were pre sented with gifts. The text of the letter Mr. Porter received from Postmaster General J. M. Donaldson fol lows: "It has ciome to my attention that you have retired from the position of postmaster in the post office at Franklin, North Caro'lna. "You may be very proud of your record and the loyal and efficient service you have ren dered. "I extend my personal con gratulations and hope you will enjoy many years of happiness." | Forest Service Is Repairing Damage To Roads, Arrowood Forest Service forces this week are busy repairing flood dam 1 age at Arrowood Glade and to Forest Service roads. The road damage in this county amounted to approxi mately $10,000, E. W. Renshaw, Nantahala National Forest su pervisor, said, while about $1, 300 damage was done at Ar rowood. There the pool caught a lot of silt, the footbridge from the bathhouse to the pool was washed out, and the area was rutted by the water. Rzbbie Gay Tallent Is Finals Winner In Memory Contest Bobby Gay Tallent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tal lent, won In the Baptist Train ing union memory contest fin als at Fruitland institute re cently. She received the certi ficate of award, bearing the gold seal of a state winner. She was accompanied to Fruitland by her mother, who served as chaperon for girls from the Franklin Baptist church attending the confer ence. FAIL TO MAKE GRADE Fourteen per cent of the per sons seeking licenses to drive I during May failed to make the grade, according to the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. SHOULD NOTIFY OFFICE 4-H club boys and girls who plan to attend the 4-H camp at Swannanoa, July 19 to 23, this week were asked to notify the Extension offices here at once. PLAN ALL-DAY JULY FOURTH PROGRAM HERE V. F. W. Will Sponsor Contests, Ball Game, Bcxing, Dance A July Fourth program, to be featured by the contests and athletic events that have been typical ot Independence Day celebrations for generations, will be held here Monday. The Franklin celebration will be sponsored by the local post of the Veterans of Foreigh Wars, with other groups cooper ating, and highlights among the day's events were announced by V. F. W. Commander Z. W. Shope, following a called meet ing of the post last Friday night. A series of contests; for both children and adults, will get under way on West Main street at 10 a. m. Arrangements have been made, Mr. Shope said, to have a section of the street roped off for this feature of the program. Among contests planned are a three-legged race, for boys and girls; a fat man's race; a greased pole contest, open to persons of all ages; an egg race; a wheelbarrow race; and two bicycle races one for children from 8 to 12; and one for those between 12 and 14. A variety of prizes, donated by merchants and business men here, will be given to the con test winners, and at other events during the day. No prize will have a value of less than $2.50, Mr. Shope said. Following the contests, box ing bouts are scheduled in the courthouse, but between the contests and the boxing, the national anthem is to be played. In this connection, the V. F. W. expressed the hope that flags will be displayed Monday by all business houses. The boxing, arranged by Coach Milburn Atkins, will in clude one bout, he said, in which five Negro boys, all blind folded, will be placed in the ring. The one who stays long est will be declared the winner. Nine or 10 other bouts are plan ned, all of theip among boys. A baseball game is set for the afternoon .at the Franklin ath letic field, but no announce ment had been made yesterday as to what teams would contest. A benefit square dance, to be held at the Slagle Memorial building at 8:30 Monday eve ning, will be the day's closi-ng event. V. F. W. members serving as chairmen of important commit tees planning the celebration include R. E. (Tony) Welch, R. R. (Bob) Gaines, Lester Arnold, Woodrow Shope, Paschal Nor ton, Sgt. C. M. Faircloth, and George Byrd. Post offices, banks, public offices, and most places of busi ness throughout the county will be closed all day Monday in observance of the holiday. V acatior. School At Cartcogechaya Is Well Attended The daily vacation Bible school which opened June 20 at the Cartoogechaye Baptist church closed with commence ment exercises Saturday eve ning. Seventy-six children enrolled, and the school had an average daily attendance record of 57. Fcrty children had perfect at tendance records. The Rev. Edgar Willlx. the pastor, served as superinten dent; Mrs. Grace Henry as principal; and Dillard Southard as assistant principal. Teachers were Mrs. Etta Welch, Mrs. Frankie Anderson, Mrs. W. V. Beck, Mrs. Will Oor pening, Mrs. J. D. Dayton. Miss Ruth Beck, Miss Mary Willix, Mrs. Grace Henry, and Miss Rosemary Huscusson. The Weather uonBIs maiuuadxg ?iw?oo atO ib papjoaaj s? '<Bpj?j -sa? ajrnBjaduiai moi aqi pu? 'sAsp imaos isod am joj uon -Blldjaajd puB saaniBjaduwj, High Low Prec. Wednesday 83 62 .08 Thursday 87 55 .00 Friday 82 63 .00 Saturday 80 64 1.22 Sunday 84 60 .29 Monday 86 59 .07 Tuesday 85 60 .30 Wednesday - 57 M