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VOL. UUV? NO. SI
EIGHT PAGES
DEFER ACTION
ON APPOINTING
HIGHWAYGROUP
CommHiiOfieri Approve
B'jm^fnwn Gap
Road Plan
The M.icnn bne"< '?'*
c-nmlsslone's and board of ed
ucation in Joint session Mon
d*"/ .afternoon, discussed ap
pointment of a five-man county
a^vlsnrv committee on second
arv roads, but deferred action,
pending more Information.
The boards had received an
Indirect suggestion that such a
r/vmmlt ee be appointed to make
recommendations to the State
Hl"h*av Commission ?s to what
secondary roads In this county
should be lmDroved with Ma
con's share .if the (300,000 000
s ate bond fund. After consider
ation however, members of the
two boards decided they should
have morj direct and specific
lnfonnatlu before acting.
An effort was made, accord -
inetlv, to reach L. Dale Thrash,
division highway commissioner
by telephone. When Mr. Thrash
cou'd not be reached, the boards
wrote him, assuring him of their
desire, to cooperate, hut asking
If he desires appointment of an
advlso<-y committee, and If so,
what Its duties and rasponslbli
1' fes would be.
The commissioners, at an
earlier session Monday, approv
ed a petition signed by 62 per
sons who live on the Burning
town Gap road, asking that the
st?t? take over and Improve
two miles of that road not now
on the state map. Improvement
of this two miles would make
a complete connection between
Franklin and Kyle, the petition
pointed out, and would afford
the shortest route between
these points. Already,, the peti
tion saML. there It fc cood road
to the 'gap-' on "th<kieyA*#N
aide and a food tamB "to the
foot of (he mountain on the
Burnlngtown side.
TUr ?*?RlMtoners received a
petition -m** that a short
mm Faff* SI,
Oo You
Remember . . . ?
(Uokiag bMkwird through
the fllea of The Preae)
SO TEARS AGO THIS WEEK
A company of stock-hunters,
composed of Messrs. Will Sloan,
Will Johnston, Will Jones and
Misses Carrie Sloan, Annie Max
well, and Ella Slier went out to
the Nantahala mountains yes
terday to hunt up cattle. Don't
you know the cattle smole a
smile when they saw the stock
hunters coming?
Capt. William P. Moore, of
Clay county, attended the old
soldiers' reunion Friday and
Saturday, and commanded the
cavalry In the parade.
Miss Laura Jones now has a
position as teacher of the pri
mary department of Franklin
High school.
25 YEARS AGO
At last Macon County has
things coming her way. Within
the past month, four important
things have been assured: The
electric plant and lake will mean
much In the Development of
Franklin and Macon County;
the 16- foot concrete road from
Franklin to the Georgia line
gives us an all-year outlet
south; the organization of the
Western Carolina Telephone
company assures Macon County
an up-to-date telephone serv
ice; and Bob Addington recent
ly has bought the Idle Hour
Theatre and plans installing a
new machine, opera chairs, and
other equipment.
1* YEARS AGO
WUlard Pendergrass, Slier
Blagle, George Patton, h. e.
Church, Jr., Brownlow Adding
ton. Mack Patton, Charles Set
ser, Albert Ramsey, Jr., William
Corbin, Sexton Vinson, Clinton
Brookshlre, Dennis Penland. and
Mack Betser have gone to Ral
eigh, where they will enter N.
C. SUte college
A wedding of interest was
that of Miss Frances Shearer,
of Umatilla, Fla., to Bennle Lee
MeOlamery, of Franklin, which
wm tfemniMd an September 4.
Awards Presented At Coweeta
Letters of Commendation for Exceptional Eervice were presented to six Macon County men
for their work at the Coweeta Hydrologlc Laboratory (experimental forest) at the ceremonies
held at the forest last Friday afternoon In recognition of the unique research work that has
been done there. Others for wh^li) there were letters were absent. The letters were signed by
Dr. I. T. Halg, director of the Sofctheaslern Experimental station, of which Coweeta Is a part.
They were presented by E. A. Johnson, technician in charge at Coweeta, who is shown above,
left, handing his award to WUllfttn Carpenter. Left to right are Mr. Johnson, John B. Elmore,
Curt Chastain, Mr. Carpenter, PMgM Thomas, Marvin G. Howard, and Elmer L. Brown.
M :
The climax of last Friday afternoon's recognition Ceremonies
at the Coweeta experimental forest was the presentation of the
U. 8. Department of Agriculture's "Superior Service Award" to
the station. Dr. Charles R. Hursh, left, who has directed the
outstanding research that won the award for Coweeta, is shown
accepting it from Nathan Koenig, of Washington, executive as
sistant to the Secretary of Agriculture. (U. S. Forest Service
photos.) ?<
3,900 Enroll
In 16 Schools
In County
Approximately 3,900 children
had enrolled in the Macon
County schools Monday, figures
compiled In the office of Coun
ty Supt. Guy L. Houk showed.
This figure? at the end of the
third day of school- was within
about 200 of the total enroll
ment during the entire 1948-49
school year.
While complete figures were
not available, .Mr. Houk had
received report* from seven of
the county'* 15 schools, Includ
ing most of the larger ones.
The new Cullasaja school,
which consolidated the Oold
Mine, Pine Drove, Salem, Hig
donville, and Mashburn's Branch
schools, reported 346. This in
cluded approximately 60 ele
mentary children who previous
ly have been brought by bus to
the school at Franklin*.
The Franklin enrollmwu was
730 In ttyt Momentary school
and '529 ty high school, or
9w>tl?u?4 m r*?e lis
Softball Season
Ends With Foresters,
Oilers Tied
The Forest Service and the
Oilers teams were tied for first
place as the Franklin Softball
league season closed Monday
night.
Each of these teams won 10
games and lost five during the
season.
Since both have lost players,
due to young people's leaving
for college, it was decided not
to play off the tie.
The standings of the other
teams in the league: Zlckgraf,
second place; Rotary, third;
NP&LCo., fourth, and Van
Raalte, fifth.
During the past 10 days or
two weeks, the teams have been
playing off games previously
rained out, the final ones hav
ing been played Monday night.
End-of-season data follows;
ReflulU
Thursday Night, September 8
Forest 8ervice, 9; Oilers, 8.
Friday Night
Oilers, 12; Rotary, 10.
Forest Service, 12; Vau Raalte,
U.
? Continued m hit Bis
SERVICE AWARD
GIVEN COWEETA
Story Of Water Topic
Qf Speakers At
Ceremoiy
The story of water? of its pos
sibilities, (or good and evil, and
of its relationship to s6il and
vegetation? was told In part by
speakers at last Friday after
noon's ceremony at Cowee .a,
Where a study that is unique
is being made of this littie
known subject.
"Water serves or destroys
man, depending on whether it
Is controlled, declared Rep.
Monroe M. Rtdden, who was
master of ceremonies at the
program.
"Coweeta has made us con
scious of the soil as a vital, liv
ing thine . . . Forest practices
can effect both the quality and
the quoatty of water", said J.
Herbert Stone, of Atlanta, reg
ional forester of the U. '8. For
est Service.
"Coweeta is more than a re
search unit, it is a pattern for
the future; the experience of
many years has taught us that
we cannot continue to live un
thinkingly off the land . . .
(but) thaugh great and valuable
results have come from this
work, they are the beginning,
not the end", asserted Nathan
Koenlg, of Washington, execu
tive assistant to the U. S. Sec
retary of Agriculture.
The day's program at the
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
opened with a get-together for
men who have worked at Co
weeta and their families, cli
maxed by a picnic dinner at
noon attended by about 150 per
sons.
In the afternoon, before an
audience of about 200, the De
partment of Agriculture's "Su
perior Service Award" was pre
? Continued on Page Six
100 STUDENTS
LEAVE MACON
FOR COLLEGES
Local Youtihs Enrolled
In Institutions
Over Nation
' ? J
At least XOO Macon County
young men and women will
tsnd universities, colleges, aqd
schools over the country during
Lhe 1949-50 college year.
The off-to-schcol exodus gif
under way about the tlrst of
this month and leached its
peak this week. Most o t the
group have now gone, and the
others will depart shortly.
While approximately half of
the total number will attend
half a dozen schools in North
Carolina ? the University of
North Carolina, Woman's Col
lege, N. C. State college, West
ern Carolina Teachers college,
Mars Hill college, and Brevard
college ? a score of other Insti
tutions, from Flo: Ida to Iowa
will have students from this
county.
A list compiled by The Pre&L
his week follows:
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill: Misses Barbara
Stockton and Frances Furr, Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Patton T. W.
Angel, III, Victor Perry, James
Furr, Clel! Bryant, Perry Henson,
Fred West, Bob Myers, M. 8.
Thompson, Hall Callahan, and
Dean Henson.
Woman's College of the Uni
versity, Greensboro: Misses Lu
cille Hannah, Catherine Furr,
Katherlne Nolen, and Mrs. Bet
ty Callahan Martin.
N. C. State College, Raleigh:
Ed Ledford, Ed Welch, Donald
Seagle, James Patterson, Hayes
Gregory, Kenneth Welch, Wil
liam Roger Rickman, Frederick
Slagle, Tom Setser, Bob Tlppett,
and Lewis Penland.
Western Carolina Teachers
College, Cullowhee: Misses Iris
Cabe, Ruth Angel, Ruth West.
Hazel Moses, Phyllis Moses^njl
Larry Cabe, A' lan Brooks, Bar
ley Stewart, Fred Setser, and
Milton Hlgdon.
Mrs Hill College, Mars Hill:
Misses Betty Leatherman, Sarah
Elizabeth Parker, Nancy Callo
way, and Helen Wilson and
Charles Conley, Jr., Guy Wig
gins, and Frederick Corbin.
Brevard College, Brevard:
Misses Maxine Renshaw and
llanlinued on Page Six ?
HOME AGENT? Mrs. Flor
ence S. Sberrill, recently ap
pointed home demonstration
agent (or Maoon County, will
assume the duties of that po
sition today. Mrs. Sherriil, a
native of this county, served
M home agent here from 1939
to 1M7.
NX SYMPHONY
DRIVE TO OPEN
The campaign for member
ships in the N. C. Symphony
Society will get under way in
? vhls county next Monday.
The ' Little Symphony orches
tra's performances here are
made possible by the society.
The orches ra has come here
each, wring for the past fou
years for* two concerts, an eve
ning performance for society
ir.emberp, and a free matine.
for school children. Children
from almost every school in thf
county heard the free concept
last March, given a: Friendship
tatorn&cle.
W. N. Sloan, Symphony chair
man in Macoi County this year
has stressed the thought that
the catapaign is one for bet'ei
music North Carolina, and
"particularly in Macon Coun y
and that the purchase of mem
berships should be considered
as the payment of dues in a-n
organization devoted primarily
to the musical education of the
children, rather than as the
purchase of tickets? though a
membership entitles the holdet
to attend the evening concert
| here, as well as any concert in
? Continued on Page 8n
Famed Woman Acrobatic
Flier Here On Vacation
Betty Skelton, famed woman j
flyer, arrived here Monday for
a week's vacation with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. 8kelton,
of Tampa Fla., who are spend
ing some time at Panorama
Court.
Miss Skelton, who holds the
international aerobatic cham- )
pionship for women, flew her
own tiny plane, "The Liit'e
Stinker Too", to Franklin, and
set it down at the Franklin air
port at 12; 30 o'clock Monday
afternoon, after circling Frank
lin. Twenty five or 30 auomo
bile loads of Franklin people
were on hand to meet her.
The miniature craft, a special
ly built Pitts Special, has a
wing span of only 16 feet, and
is 14 feet long. A previous plane
owned by Miss Skelton she
christened "Llt.le Stinker", and
when she bought this one, she
added the word "too" to the
name. Like the former plane,
this one carries a picture of a
skunk on its side.
Acrobatic fliers compete an
nually in Miami, and for the
past two years Miss Skelton has
won the international women's
championship. She is only 23,
but has been flying for about
10 years, he father said.
She participated in the Cleve
land National Air races earlier
this month, and just prior to
that had appeared at air shows
in London and Belfast. At a
recent Chicago show, she was
the on'.y civilian taking part In
an army air force show, where
she demonstrated a new plane.
Her father, also a flier, during
World War 2 was employed as
a civilian trainer of army pilots.
Her mother Is a pilot, too.
FAMED FLIER HERE -Betty Skelton, Internationally known stunt filer, Is pictured above
standing beside her tiny, specially built plane. The photograph was made shortly after the
23-year old Miss Skelton landed at the Franklin airport Monday afternoon. She Is here visit
ing her parents, who are on vacation at Panorama Court. (Reproduction In this issue, which
went to press late Wednesday, of a photograph of a Monday afternoon happening, Is possible
through the courtesy of the Macon Flying Service Tuesday flew the photograph of Miss Skel
ton and her plane to Gainesville, Oa., where a photo engraving (cut) was made, and then flew
the out back to franklin.) ?,
DEAD OF 2 WARS
WILL BE LISTED
AT COURTHOUSE
Plan 2 Bronze Plaques;
Memorial To Express
Macon's Gratitude
Plans for the erection of
bronze plaques bearing the
names of the Macon County
men who gave their Uvea for
their country hi World Wara 1
and 2 were announced this
week, following a conference of
representatives of four organi
zations.
It is proposed to erect the
plaques ? one for those who
made the supreme sacrifice in
World 1, and one for those who
lost their lives in World Wstr 3
?on each side of the courthouse
door, where they will be most
often seen.
Appealing to the gratitude of
the people of this couvty to the
men who died that freedom
might live, the representatives
of the Macon County Memorial
association, the Veterans of For
eign Wars, the American Lepion
Auxiliary, and the American
Legion, who decided on the form
of the memorial, expressed the
hope that the funds necessary
to erect the plaques will be
contributed without a campaign.
They issued .i statement set-y
ting forth the plan and ex
plaining that contributions rn.iv
be made to anyone of the fol
lowing signers of the statement:
H. W. Cabe, treasurer of the
Memorial Association, Weaver
Shope, commander of the Ve -
erans of Foreign Wars, Wood
row Shope, adjutant of the V.
F. W., Mrs. Lon Da'ton, presi
dent of the Legion Auxiliary.
GUmer A. Jones, chairman c I
the Memorial Association,
Pritchard Smith, finance officer
of the Legion, or Hoyt Evans,
' chaplain of the Legion.
Meanwhile, E. G Crawford
. asked for the assistance of rel
atives and. friends in compiling
a list ol the Macon County men
I who lot* their lives In World
War 2.
The four-organisation state
, ment, captioned "Wot Duty, But
, Gratitude", follows:
"Where they will be most
| often seen, two bronze plaques
. will be erected on either side
' of the courthouse door, one
; bearing the names of the veter
; ans of World War I, the other
bearing the names of the vet
erans of World War II, ?tu> toat
their lives In the i ? iljpwp
"The school chlMgfvSSiftMMk
few , Individuals haW already J
contributed $120 toward the
plaque to the veterans of World
War II, but the total cost will
be $976 for both. It is hoped
that no drive to raise the re
mainder of this money wfil be
necessary, but that each school
room, each church, each Sunday
school class, each civic organiza
tion, and each Individual in the
country will help according to
their desire? according to the
depth of their gratitude.
"The form of the memorial
was decided upon by represen
tatives of the American Legion,
American Legion Auxiliary, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, and Ma
con County Memorial Associa
tion, but it will be erected by
the people at large? It will be
their tribute.
"Some may not agree with
? Continued on Pafe Six
VETERANS TO PICNIC
A picnic for ex-servicemen
and their families will be held
at "High Haven", the Gilmer A.
Jones camp on Wayah Bald
Sunday, It was announced this
week. Picnic baskets will be
opened at 1 p. m. Members of
the committee In charge are
Harold Enloe, William (BUI)
Waldroop, and Charles Wal
droop.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station.
High Low Pet.
Wednesday ....... 86 #4 .57
Thursday 81 57 .03
Friday 74 52
Saturday 70 43
8unday 72 37
Monday 77. 39
Tuaatajr - SI 44
Wednesday 48 r~
FRANKUN RAINFALL r~
(A a recorded by Manson L.
SttlM, TVA weather otaarra).
None. rr.