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? ? . i.i ' ? Calendar Of The Week'? EVENTS ' ' i THURSDAY^ OCTOBER ? 8 p. m.? Circles Nos. 1 and 2, Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service, at home of ? Mrs. Allen Slier. 8 p. m. -Post No. 108, Amer ican Legion, at Slagle Memorial ?ollding. 8 p. m. Nequassa Chapter No. 43, Order of the Eas'.ern Star, at Masonic hall. J!** FRIDAY 10:30 a. m? Annual Macon County zone meeting of the ^ Methodist Women^s Society of Christian Service ~ at Franklin . church. i , 7; 30 p. m.? Assoclatlon-wlde Sunday school meeting at First - Baptist church. 8 p. m.? Football: Franklin vs. Sylva, at Franklin field. SATURDAY 7:30 p. m? Teen Age club at Skyway hotel. 8 p. m-? Square dance (Amer , lean Legion benefit) at Memor V lal building. ' " * MONDAY . 7 p. m.? Franklin Ltons club at Presbyterian church annex. - ? ? 7 p. m.? Franklin Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts, at Memorial building. WEDNESDAY 7 p. m.? Franklin Rotary club at Memorial building. 7:30 p. m? Memorial Post No. 7339, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at Agricu^-r^ building. Ishow Movie* On Conasrvatkn At Seven School* Motion pictures dealing with fire prevention, water control, next week, under sponsorship of the U. S. and N. O. Forest Services, It was announced this week by J. Fred Bryson, county forest warden. The schedule follows: Slagle school Monday at 9 a. m.; Holly Springs, Monday at 1:00; Highlands, Tuesday at 10:30; Scaly, Tuesday at 1:30; Cowee, Wednesday at 9; Otto, Wednesday at S; and Iotls. Thursday at 9. Do You Remember . . . ? (Ltokk{ backward through the files of The Press) M YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Among those who passed the bar examination at Raleigh last week were Thomas J. Johnston, of Macon, Claude R. Moss, of Clay, and Andrew J. Franklin, of Swain. The first frost of the season made Its appearance here last Wednesday, but It was not suf ficient to kill vegetation. Court will be on hand here next week. Cornaro Balrd has gone to Smith's Bridge to teach a public school. 25 YEARS AGO It Is ordered by the county board of elections that Frank lin township be divided Into '? two voting precincts.? C. D. Balrd, chairman, T. S Munday, Joe E. Rlckman. We understand that the Oglesby Realty and Auction Co., of Atlanta, has just closed a contract with Mr. E. S. Hunnl cutt for the sale of the Juna luska inn property on West Main Street. The property will be subdivided Into small busi ness lots and sold at auction. U YEARS Ajfc> ... -Rev. W. If. Cook, of Webster, 4s directing a fellowship revival ,-jrt the lotla Baptist church. t The Highlands Presbyterian .church Is Indebted to Dr. Har ry T. Kelsey, son of 8. T. Kel ?eey. founder of Highlands, tor the original copy of the minutes H the first orftnised Sunday - held In Highlands on IS, llttr These minutes have been sent by Dr. Kelsey ts met Albertlna fttub to be pi? ed where they will be pre* ?erred end cherished, FOLK HERE WIN 7BLUERIBBONS AT GRADE SHOW Macon Boy* Also Take 2 Top Places For 'Fitting* With 14 animals entered, Ma con County farm (oik won seven blue ribbon* and seven red rib bons, and took first and sec ond places for having the best fitted animals, in the Nantahala Grade Dairy show, held in Mur phy Wednesday of last week. The animal of Emory Craw ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil mer L. Crawford, of Franklin, was adjudged the best fitted ot the approximately 115 rows and heifers In the show. He was awarded a show haher. Second place went to Eugene Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gray, of Franklin, Route 2. Fitting an animal, it was ex plained, means having it in condition to show, with special attention to a itch things as hair, horns, hooves, etc. Fourth place for showman ship went to Pete Steser, son at' Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Setser, of Franklin, Route 1. The Danish system of judging was used, under which ail en tries were placed in the blue ribbon, or best, class, the red ribbon, or second best, or white ribbon, of third best class. All of this county's entries took either blue or red ribbons, and the blue ribbon winners all were near the top in that class. Blue ribbons went to Kenneth Zeb'carpenter, of the^teenft" community; George Bryson, of Cullasaja; Joe Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Taylor, of franklin. Route 4; Vic Teague, a bn of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Teague, of Prentiss; Bobby TNhtue, son of Mr. and Mrs. WlIberTeaguc. of Prentiss; Eu gene Gray; and -Wayne McCon nell, son of Mr. and Mr-. Har ley McConnell, of Prentiss. Red ribbons wer_- won by Mrs. Ed McNish, of F'anlclln, Route 1; Mrs. Thomas Woody, of the Skeenah community; Pete Set ser; Emory Crawford; Mack Pickens, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Pickens, of Dillard, Ga., Route 1; Miss June Teague* daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Teague, of Prentiss; and Bobby 8hope, son of Mr. and Mrs. Prioleau Shope, of Skeenah. The show, me first of what is planned as a series of an nual events, drew entries from Macon, Clay, Cherokee, and Graham counties in this state, and Union and Towns counties in Georgia. It was held with the thought that a large number of dairy farmers in this region are mak ing money with grade anlma's, and that many of them have good animals, and that these farmer folk should have their ?vn competitions, rather than restricting shows to purebreds. It was arranged by the Exten sion services of the two state, and was made possible, finan cially, by the business men of the region. While most of those compet ing were 4-H and FFA boys and girls, a number of farmers and farm women also entered animals. The Macon animals were tak en to Murphy by truck Tues day, under the direction of T. H. Fagg, assistant county agent, with the assistance of Bryan Setser and Cecil Parker. Mr Fagg expressed appreciation to them for their cooperation in handling the animals during the two days they spent away from home, and for the donating $5 each of their hauling charges. He also voiced thanks to the follows business firms and in dividuals for contributions to ward the financing of the show: Belk's Department store, A. B. Slaglo, Burrell Motor company, Duncan Motor oompany. John M. Archer, Jr? Macon County Demonstration Farmers associa tion, and Turner and Charlie Bnloe. Shu-its Become* Sunday School Superintendent Out Sfcarlt* Sunday assumed hit duties as superintendent of the Franklin Ifathodist Sunday Mhool. Mr. Sharttz who Is su perintendent OX we Van Raalte plant hart, stttCeed* W. W. (?Ill) Sloan, raaifiwd. Panthers Win 40 - 13; Me?t Sylva Friday Both the Frankltn football team and the newly formed high school band really "tuned up" for the first time this year for lfist Friday night'* game, the Paniher* defeating Murphy high school 40 to 13 and the band giving their initial, performance of the season. ' The k>cal team, with two wins and one defeat on Its record so far this season, wfll play the strong Sylva High here tomor row (Friday) night. The game ?will start at 8 p. jn, , . Sparked by the spfectaenlar running of Charles Shields- and Bill Huggins, the Franklin of fense scored two touehdowns In each of the last three quarters; while the spirited line play of Charles Thomas, Jack Norton, and John Alsup limited Mur phy to 13 points. John (Bardy) Archer added four points to the total by making four out of six placements good for extra points. Murphy scored early in the first quarter, after blocking a Franklin punt and gaining pos session of the ball on the Panthers' 45-yard line. The Murphy touchdown came ' as completion of a drive which combined ground gaining off tackle sweeps and line plunges through the right side of the Franklin line to place the ball on the Franklin 8-yard line. There a pass, from Thompson o Lovingood, was good for a touchdown. Thompson plunged into the line for the extra point. Following an exchange of Huggins picked up ? 16 two running plays and Shields, running hard, went M yards down ihe south sideline to score. Franklin's second touchdown came following the covering Of a Murphy fumMe by the Panth ers on the visitors' 30-yard linie. On an end run Shields carried the ball to the 10-yard line. Frank Henry, playing with an injured knee, drove to the 3 yard line, with Archer carding it over on a quarterback sneak. Archer's placement made the score 14 to 7 which was the score at half time, Murphy started the second half strong and drove down field, with Thompson making most of the yardage, to score early in the third quarter. The Bulldogs failed to make the extra point. Midway the third quarter one of the spectacular plays of the game occurred, when Huggins, on a wide sweep around his own left end, broke loose to place the ball on the Murphy 20-yard line. On this play even the officials were fooled by the deceptiveness of Archer's and Huggins' ball handling. Follow ing three line plays. Archer scored from the 4-yard line. Franklin missed its first extra point of the game when Arch er's kick was no good, with ihe score being Franklin 20, Mur phy 13, just after the opening of the fourth quarter. Franklin's fourth touchdown came following a 25-yard run by Shields, who scored on an end run from the 5-yard line. The attempted conversion was no good. As the visitors attempted to get back into the scoring col umn with an aerial attack, Archer Intercepted a pass on the Murphy 35, carrying the ball back to the 15-yard line with some shifty running. After Shields and Huggins drove the ball to the Bulldog 2-yard line, Archer scored on a line plunge. The Panthers' final score came after a pass Interception by Henry had given Franklin pos session of the ball, on a pass from Archer to Bo Norton. Archer's place kick hit the cross bar and bounded over. Franklin played perhapa its best game in the past two sea sons in this encounter with a shift in the line up by Mtcfa Mllbttrn Atkins during the game seeming to give added strength to the Franklin line on both of fense and defense. Alsup, who has been playlhg center, was switched to left guard, and ? Continued on hn Six ATTEND MUTING Mr*. C. N. Dowdle, MM. It 8. Jones, Mrs. W. B. Hunnteutt, and Urt. Allen SQer attended the district P. T. A. conference at CharokM last Thursday Summer Chosen As President Of ? ..j;-. .Macon N. C. E. A. O. P. Summer is the new president of .the Macon p m ty unit of the North Caro lina Educiat'otl association. Mr. Summer, who is principal of the High lands school, suc ceeds County Supt. G. L. Honk as president. Mr. Summer and other of ficers were dee ed at a meet ing of the unit at the school here Saturday. , Mrs. Beth Guf'ey was elect ed vice-president, Mrs. Merle Drjrman was chosen secretary, and Norman West was named treasurer. About 65 peisons attended. Mr. Honk, addressed the croup, and Mr. Summer, in a brief talk, urged that all teachers in the county become members. MISS TRUMAN CHARMS 1.100 Big Audience Likes Her Singing, But Likes Hej' Even' Mptre, h smiling, friendly! girl from Independance, Missouri, and Washington, D. C., with a sweet1 voice, charmed her audience of more than 1,100 Western' North Carolina music' lovers Tuesday night at Western Caro'ina Teachers college, Cullowhee. The girl was' Miss Margaret Truman, daughter of the Presi dent of the United States, mak ing her first appearance be fore a college audience, and her first appearance as a concert singer m this state, : " Undou',?edljrr there were1 those in ^hc audience whp came., to ?ee. -the "Pi S but left pleased, that they, had' been delightfully .entertained by a small town.. American girl who was jnaking good on her own. They, felt ? that Margaret's musical program was a good performance, pleading to listen to, and that here was no stuff ed shirt concert performer, but a wholesome American girl who was a lot of fun to be around. Miss Truman, a sparkling blue-eyed, curly haired blonde, was dressed very simply Ih a white brocaded satin evening gown. She wore no jewelry oth er than ear bobs. Although her singing showed she "bad spent? /'milch time in study and train trig and was creditable workmanship, it was the sparkling smile and likeable personality of this charming girl that made the most lasting impression on ?he audience. Miss Truman, who was ac companied: by Herman AlUsop, sang: " . . , , Ola U Sole dal Gange, by Scarlatti, Caro Mio pen, by Olordani, and La Danza, . by Durant,- all sung In English; Aria:' Dove Sono, from "Le Nozze di Figaro", by Mozart, Durante, all sung In English; Schumann, Die Forelle, P. Schu bert, An Die Nachtigall, R. Schubert, and Standchen, R. Strauss, all 'sung in German: La Primavera, Olazounow, in Eng lish; The Piper, Duke;' He Stole My Heart Away, Endicott; Three Little Elf Songs, Besly; and Will o' the Wisp, Spross. Mr. Allison played two piano solos at intermission: Impromp tu in F Minor, Faure, and Ritual Fire Dance, de Falla. At the conclusion of the pro ? Continued on Page Six MAY INCREASE HEIGHT OF TWO WATERTANKS AlcWmen Defer Action On Street Name And Wiring Insp'sctor The possibility of extending the town's two stand-pipe type water tanks 12 feet In height, in order to Increase the water pressure and provide more water storage space, was discussed at Monday night's monthly meet lng of the Franklin board of a'.dermen. ... No action, was taken, however. The aldermen also took no action on the Georgia road Maple street name controversy. Discussion of the idea of in creasing the water tanks' height arose when the board received a bid on cleaning and repairing the tanks. Alderman W. W. Reeves suggested that the board consider increasing the size of the present tanks. He pointed < but that if the board were go ing to spend $950 on repairing and painting the tanks, he felt It was a good idea to consider the additional expense of en larging the. tallks, since many places within the city limits do not have proper water pressure. Since two board members, E. J. Whitmlre, Jr., and Erwin Pat ton, were absent, : the board postponed sfettling the Georgia Road-Maple Street name ques tion until a full board was present. "The matter of the apponit merit of ,an electrical Inspector ,for the Town of Franklin was raised by Mack Franks. He pointed out that he had bee? named as electrical inspector fdr- UlS county by the board of commisstonecs, and in order to do. a complete felt that there should be one" tor the Town of Franklin also. As ooulP" ty inspector, he would have no Jurisdiction within the city limits. The board took no ac .tion. . < Ras Penlend asked for, and received, from Fire Chief Carl Tysinger, who' serves as build ing inspector, permission to con struct a horse barn of concrete blocks on ' Phillips street, near the "Frogtown" branch. It is understood he plans to vacate the barn, the property of the Munday family, he is now using on Palmer street. Members of the board present were W. C. Burrell Mr. Reeves, Russell Cabe, Verlon Swafford, and Mayor Henry W. Cabe, who presided. Garden Club To Held 2 Benefit Bridge Parties The Franklin Garden club, at its meeting . Monday, decided to sponsor two benefit bridge parties, open to the general public, Thursday of next week, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Both will be at the Slagle Memorial building. Admission will be 50 cents per person. AUTO SALES UP ' RALElGH, N. C Sales of new cars in August continued to run ahead of the same month last year, with 9,251 sold during August of this year as compared with 5,671 last year, the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles reported. New Methodist Ministers Arrive To Take Up Duties The new ministers assigned here by the Western North Car olina Conference of the Metho dist church have arrived to take up their duties. The Rev. C. E. Murray suc ceed* the Rev. A. C. Gibbs at the Franklin and Carson Chapel ehurcTiea, and the Rev. D. B. Martin takes over the Franklin Circuit, succeeding the ?ev. R. L. Phillips. ' Mr. and Mrs. Murray- and their younger children, Libby, 16, and Becky, 14 arrived yes terday. They also have two mar ried children, a daughter who Uvea in Charlotte, and a son who was graduated this spring from the Duke divinity school aod Is now pastor of Ebenexer Church at North Belmont. Mr. Murray, who oomes to Franklin' from the Marvin charge, near Winston -Salem, has been in the ministry 20 years. Fouf-year pastorates he has held include Kerr Street church at Concord, Cramerton, and Spencer Memorial in Char lotte. This will be Mr. Martin's third year In the active mlnlstery, al though as a licensed preacher he served his home church in Mayodan for several years as assistant pastor. He oomes to Franklin from the Sandy charge, in Buncombe county. The year before that he was pastor of the Mt Herman church at Mayodan. He and Mrs. Martin and their two aons, Philip, aged 4 and Steve, 3, arrived here Thursday of )Mt week. ? BULLETIN L. Date Thfash, divison highway commissioner, ac companied by Z. V. Stew art, division engineer, and Ei L. Curtis, of Bryson Gty, district engineer, wil' meet with interested citi zens. in the courtroom or the courthouse here at 10 ;30 o'clock next Wed nesday morning, Mr. Thrash's office informed The Press by telephone yesterday afterno.on. L. Dale Thrash, of Asheville, division highway commission er, te expected In Fimnklin in the Ml' f."t diys to discuss the secondary load construc tion program with local offic ials. The board of county com missioners and the county board of education, actii; join'ly, wrote Mr. Thrash three weeks ago, pointing out that it had been suggested to them that they appoint a five-man county advisory cO'-mnittee on secondary roads, and asking if he wished such a committee appointed, and if so what its du'ies and respon sibilities would be. No reply has been received to that letter, but in a tele phone ?onver a'ioJi with W. E. (Gene) Baldwin this week, Mr. Thrar.h t>-'d him he was coming to Macon County within th?! <next few days "to talk roads". BACK MACHINE PURCHASEPLAN Commissioner Support Road Policy; Franks .. Named Inspector ?< The boara^tri sioners, at Ita meeting "Mt/rniaj, went on record as approving the policy of the State Highway and Public Works commission in using a portion of the $200, 000,000 road bond money to buy machinery for malniainance of secondary roads and for use in crushing stone for road work. The resolution was prompted by the fact that injunction pro ceedings have been brought to prevent the commission from using a part of the road funds to buy highway machinery. The board also appointed Mack Franks as county elec trical Inspector. This action was In compliance with state regu lations, and is subject to ap proval of the Town of Franklin, it was explained, since one in spector will serve both the town and county. The state law provides that all new electrical wiring must be inspected. The minimum fee j is $2, and Mr. Franks wi!l be allowed six cents per mile for travel outside of town to inspect jobs, the travel charge to be equally divided among those for 1 whom inspections are made, if two or more wiring jobs are in spected on one trip. The; board devoted a large part of Its time Monday to dis cussion of road, problems with citizens of the Gold Mine and Cartoogechaye sections, but took no action. Consideration of a number of road petitions was deferred un til the next meeting, October, 17. Methodists Honor Gibbses On Eve Of Their Departure The Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Gibbs, who left yesterday for Mr. Olbbs' new charge near Thom asvllle, were honored by the congregation of the Frankltoi Methodist church Monday eve ning at the 81agle Memorial. The affair, one of the church's monthly congregation al suppers, was timed for Mon day so as to serve as a farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Olbbs. More than 100 persons were In attendance. A check for $150 was pre sented to Mr. Olbbs and women of the Franklin and Carson's Chapel churches absented Mrs. Olbbs with a gift -of silver. The silver? a platter, covered ??(?table dish, and gravy boat was presented by Mrs. C. Cor don Moore, preddent of th? Franklin church's Woman's fio oisty o( Christian ferric*. WILL BUY SUE FOR SCHOOL IN EASTFRANKLIN 11 Unused Properties Are To Be Se'ri By County Beard Purchase of a tract of land from Dan Bryson for $3,500 for the proposed East Franklin-Mill shoal school was authorized by the county board of education at its monthly mee.ing Monday morning. County Supt. G. L. Houk had taken an option on the land, and the board, on moticn of Frank Browning, seconded by Fred Edwards, authorized him to proceed with ihe purchase. The tract, of about six acres, fronts 400 feet, Mr. Houk said, on the East Franklin Stree. just north of and paralleling the Dillsboro highway, and goes back about 600 feet. After a long discussion, the board final', y decided to sell a public auction 11 school prop erties, seme of which have on them school buildings that no longer are in use, while others are the sites where buildings have been. The board also: Heard a report from Sup . Houk that an engineer from Dave Steel company has in spected the Franklin high scho -1 building and stated that it, is feasible to transform it into a combination gymnasium-aud - torium, wi h lunchroom includ ed. The proposal, if this is done, is to build a new high school structure here. Was told by Mr. Houk that the new Cul'asaja school, in cluding land, grading, and con struction, cost $68,806.19. A few minor bills that have r.ot yet' been received will increase the sum very slightly, Mr. Houx said. Promised a delegation? Weirr er Cochran and Clint May - fmm_Nantahala to try to eet some work on the Long Branch road. Heard Mrs. Mary Brawn, for mer Franklin high school Eng lish teacher, make a statement to the effect that she taught for nearly two and a half yea is in the school; that at the end of last school year she saw .he principal and told him she was available and wished to teach; and that she still would like to have a job. Mrs. Brown is the daughter of J. M. Raby, who asked ihe board to hear her statement. Mr. Houk told the board that Mrs. Brown resigned in the middle of last year, anJ that "her name was not pre sented to us by the district com mittee or the principal". Chair man C. Gordon Moore remark ed that "that takes it cut cf our hands". Discussed the school bus route road situation in this county, and decided to ask the super intendent to prepare, prior to next meeting of the board, a list of recommendations to be presented to the Sta'e Highwey commission. This action was taken on motion of Bob S. Sloan, who mentioned the Bet ty's Creek and other Macon road situation as they affect schools. Mr. Browning seconded the mo tion. Was told by Mr. Houk that he had solved the O.to school water problem. A second well has just been dug, and the two provide sufficient water, he said. Heard a report frcm Supt. Houk that the statistical part of his study of the schools of this county has been complet ed, and he expects to have a ? Continued on Pa*e Six The Weather Temperatures and precipita tion for the past seven days, and the low temperature yes terday, as recorded at the Coweeta Experiment station. Max. Min. Pet. Wednesday 76 51 .2 Thursday ., 64 40 .2 Friday 71 41 Saturday 70 34 Sunday 72 34 Monday 68 51 Tuesday 70 62 Wednesday 52 (As recorded by Manson L. StilM, TV A weather observer) For 24 hours ending at 8 a, m. Thursday of last week, .03 an inch. Other days, none.
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