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VOL. LXIV? NO. 43
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1949
EIGHT PAGES
WILL REECE, 81,
DIED SUNDAY
AT OAK GROVE
Funeral perviri? Hli|
At Mt. Z'on Fbr Wall
Known Man
s
V/illiam D. Reece, 81, well
known Macon County resident,
died Sunday morning at 5:30
Vn ttye heme of a daughter,
Mrs. galph Bradley, of the Oak
O ovg/- >nn,vn.unlty.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 3 p. m., at the Mt.
Zfon Methodist church on Car
topgechaye. The Rev. Mrs. R. H.
Hu'l ccnduc ed the services. She
was assisted by the Rev. J. C.
fiwaim, of Reldsvllle, former
pastor, and the Rev. W. L. Sor
rells. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were J.
D. Reece, George Clouse, Jerry
Reece, Howard Reeoe, Bauer
? Creen, Jr , and Grady Green,
all grandsons.
Mr. Reece was born February
22, 1869, in Blairsville, Ga., the
son of Q. F. and Eliza Logan
Reece. Since early manhood he
had lived in Macon County.
His life work was farming,
but he also served for many
years as a road supervisor. He
was a member of the NJt. Zlon
Methodist church and a former
member of the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics
lodge here.
He was married to Miss Rox
anna Po ts of Macon County
on December 31, 1889. The
couple celebrated their Golden
Wedding anniversary in 1939.
Mrs. Reece died five years ago.
Surviving are five sons, Frank
W., George W. and Thomas G.,
all of Franklin; Sam D. Reece,
of Canton, and Wade D. Reece,
of Andrews; four daughters,
Mrs. Homer Greene, Mrs. Fred
Arnold, and Mrs. Ralph Brad
ley, all of Macon County, and
Mrs. Fred Waldroop, of At
lanta, 6a.; eight brothers,
James and Ell Reece, of Blairs
ville, Frank and Sim Reece, of
Blue Ridge, Ga., C. Logan
Reece, of Gainesville, Ga.,
Thomas Reece, of Waco, Tex.,
and Henry Reece of Greely,
Colo.; a sister, Mrs. Olan Hayes,
of Blairsville; 30 grandchildren
and 17 great-grandchildren.
Bryants funeral home was In
charge.
SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The Asheville Citizen says:
"The parks and forestry com
mittee of the Board of Trade
has been exceptionally active in
pushing the organization of a
National Park Association. A
circular letter has been sent to
the governors, senators, and
Legislative representatives." Up
per Nantahala would be a fine
location for such a park.
Wheat that has been sown
seems to be coming up finely.
Farmers have had a splendid
season for sowing.
25 YEARS AGO
There is an old lady In Ma
con County who has not been
In Franklin in 46 years. During
all this time she has lived with
in nine miles of town.
Prominent Franklin Masons
who motored to Asheville the
^ first of the week for the pur
pose of taking high degrees in
Masonry included: J. S. Porter,
Sam Franks, W. B. Ferguson,
Alvah Pearce, Frank Murray, F
H. Higdon, M. L. Dowdle, J. J.
Mann, J. H. Thomas, Rev. A. J.
Smith, Dr. W. A. Rogers, W. T.
Moore, J. W. Roper, J. S. Con
ley, E. W. Long, Earl Hurst, and
R. A. Patton.
It
10 YEARS AGO
This year's staff of "The
^ Mountain Echo", Franklin High
f school publication, is as follows:
Editor-in-chief, Henry Cabe;
associate editor, Lewis Patton;
associate editor, Nat Macon; as
;< sociate editor, Bruce Bryant;
managing editor, Kenneth Bry
ant; sports editor, Wilburn Con
ley; H. R. editor, Edith Poin
ty dexter; social editor, Mary E.
Angel; social editor, Kate Mc- .
K: ;ee; circulation manager, Weav- .
r Shope.
GIVEN CHURCH POST? B. L.
McGlamsry was elected score
tary-trr.vsurer of the Men of the
Abbeville Presbytery at the
semi-annual meeting of the or
ganization at Waynesvil'.e Thurs
day of last week. AI>o attend
ing the mee'ing from th Ft ?i lk
lin Presbyterian church were the
Rev. Hoyt Evans, pastor, .Mac
Rae Whit.aker, John Bulgin, J.
Randolph Bulgin, Ed Jolin<on,
George M. Slagle, and Ross
Zachary. The organization serves
approximately a dozen counties j
in Western North Carolina.
State Heads
Meet With
Auxiliary
? ?
The local unit of the Amer
ican Legion auxiliary had as Its
guests Tuesday night Mrs. John
A. Ward, of North Wilkesboro,
and Miss Amelia Adams, of
Raleigh, state president and
secretary, respectively, of the
Auxiliary.
The program was largely de
voted to talks by the two state
M$S@ar<!i ^ofd the approxi
mately 20 members present that
the th^me of her administra
tion is "bu'lding together for
bigger ard better auxiliaries",
an objective that can be reach
ed, she f^a'd, "through unity
and service."
As the perfect rtar has five
points, Mrs. Wnrd said, so the
Auxiliary has five major activ
ities: Membership, without
which its work cannot go on;
rehabilitation, chiefly of veter
ans; child welfare; the annual
poppy sales, through which
most of the funds for the Aux
iliary's work is raised; and
Americanism.
In addition, she asked the
cooperation of the local Aux
iliary in providing materials
for the vocational therapy work
at the leprosy colony at Carr
ville, La.
Miss Adams, who has been
seccretary for the state organi
zation for the past 18 years,
outlined the work of the Auxi
liary, stressing the need of
young members *o work along
with the older ones1, and the
Americanism program. She also
emphasized the need for Auxi
liary members to know how to
aid ill veterans to get into gov
ernment hospitals.
Of the funds collected through
dues, she said, $40,000 goes an
nually to the national welfare
fund, $50,000 to the national
rehabilitation program, a large
sum is spent in seeking the
cause of rheumatic fever, while
the remainder goes to pay the
salary of the three service
workers at veterans hospi'als
in this state and for the State
Auxiliary's overhead expenses.
Mrs. Lon Dalton presided at
the meeting, held at the home
of Mrs. Frank Higdon. Mrs.
Higdon and Mrs. Pearl Hunter
were co-hostesses.
Mrs. Ward and Miss Adams
who arrived in Franklin about
4 p. m. Tuesday, remained here
Dr. J. L. Harris Add^.d
To Angel's Hospital Staff
Dr. J. L. Harris, 27, has been
added to the staff of Angel hos
pital. Dr. Harris, a native of
Eudora, Ark., will serve as a
resident in surgery for a period
of one year.
He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Arkansas and served
his internship at the City Me
morial hospital, Winston-Salem.
He Is married, but has no chil- !
dren. Mrs. Harris will move here
as soon as th? couple can find ,
a place to live. 1
Panthers Mark Up Third
Win Of Year In Defeating
Robbinsville By 13-7 Scora
The Franklin Panthers came
to life for one quarter last Fri
day night and clawed their way
to a 13-7 victory over Robbins
ville here on the local field.
After a scorless first half dur
ing which Robbinsvllle threat
ened to. score twice, Franklin
exploded on the first play of the
;econd half when John (Bardy)
\rcher, running behind some of
he best inter erence Franklin j
las exhibited this year, carried ;
ihe kick-off from his ten to ihe
Hobbinsville 45 yard line. On the
first play from scrimage Frank
(Nink) Henry found a nice Iw'.e
on the left side of his line and
dashed all the way for a touch
down. Archer made the place
ment for the extra point gcod.
The Panthers scored once
again during the third quar er
and were able to limit tije Rob
binsville team to one touchdown
in the game.
Approximately 1600 persons
attended the game and heard
the Franklin high school band
p'.ay "The Star Spangle Ban
ner" for the first time. This
was the first time that an
athletic contest had been pre
ceeded by the customery play
ing of the National Anthem, "in
Macon County.
Half time dedication ceremon
ies for the new stadium Includ
ed a talk by G. L. Houk, county
superintendent of schoo's, in
which he related the history of
the development of the athletic
field, and a short talk by John
M. Archer, Jr., who presented
the stadium to the Macon Coun
ty Board of Education. Mr.
Archer presented the stadium in
behalf of a group of business
men, civic leaders, and sports
fans, who by their efforts made
hn st dium possible. Oordon
Moore, chairman of the Macon
County Board of Bducat.on, ac
cepted ttae stadium for the
Board and said that "the citi
zens of M?con Cotmly are deep
ly grateful to these men for
this fine stadium."
Robblnsvllle, comp'etely out
playing Franklin during the
first half, made eight first
downs du Ing the Urst two
quarters to Franklin's ihree.
During the second quarter Rob
binsville was turned back twice
by pena'ties being Inflicted
against them within the Frank
lin 20 yard line. Birchfield, Rob
binsvlllf fullback, gained yard
age at will through the Frank
lin line.
In the second half, besides
out scoring Rcftblnsville two
touchdowns to one, Franklin
had a slight advantage over the
Graham county boys in first
downs, the totals for the second
half being Franklin 6, Robbins
vil'e 4. ,
Franklin's second touchdown
came after the Panthers had
driven to the 16 yard line and
lost the ball on a fumble by
Shields. Chief ground gaining
effort in this march ? was a 35
yard run by Shields. The visitors
kicked to their own 44 yard
line. After one running play,
Archer tossed a 15 yeard pass
to Bo Norton who ran the re
maining 25 yards for a score.
The try for the extra point was
blocked.
Following an exchange of
punts a Franklin drive was
broken up when Postel inter
cepted a pass by Archer, In
Continued On Page Eight ?
Lions O.ub To
Start Drive
For Band Fund
Final plans were announced
by chairman Paul RusseU for
the Band membership drive at
the Monday night meeting of
the Franklin Lions club.
The club ^vas divided into
groups and each team was given
a list of hames to contact for
solicitations in the drive to ob
tain $1800 for equipment for
the newly formed High school
band.
It was pointed out that Guy
Sutton, principal of the Frank
High school has already order
ed, some of which have been
rceived, about $1700 worth of
equipment on the strength of
the success of this membership
drive.
Chairman Russell also ex
plained that all funds will be
turned over to Mr. Sutton, who
wi'l keep the money in a band
which will be open to inspec
tion and subject to state audit
at any time.
The drive chairman conclud
ed his remarks by saying that
he hoped every person would
Durchase a band membership
is the band should belong to
all of Macon County.
Wcm?in Of Frankl'n
^eih odist Hold Meeting
The Rni-itual Life committee
of the W. S. C. S. of the Metho
iist church will hold two meet
ings during the week of Prayer
md Self Denial October 25 to
U.
The Quiet Pay will be on
Wednesday, October 26, at the
"hurrh at 3 p. m. Pianist will
'>e Mrs. Henrv Cabe. Reader,
Mrs. John Edwards, speaker,
Mrs. B. S. Phllbrick.
The program meeting will be
Thursday, October 27, at 7:30
-1. m. at the church. Mrs. Cabe
will be the pianist, Mrs. Earl
Harmon, the reader, and Mrs.
Phllbrick the leader. Speakers
will be Mrs. Pearl Hunter, Mrs.
Buck Sherrill, and Mrs. Allen |
Slier.
Both circles of W. S. C. S. and j
the Wesleyan Guild will par
ticipate and the public is in- j
vited.
RED CROSS MEETING
There will be a meeting of
the executive committee of the
Macon County chapter of the
American Red Cross Thursday
night at 7:30 o'clock at the
Red Crou office In the Bank of
Franklin building.
VFW Bingo Party
Public Ia*Cordially Invited
To Attend
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
will hold a Bingo party next
Tuesday night at the old Leg
ion hall Tuesday night. More
than $50 worth of prizes will
be given away to the winners.
The games will begin at 8
p. m. and there will be a
charge of 10c per game. The
public is cordially inviled to
attend.
Workers For
Symphony To
Finish Work
An intensive campaign to ob
tain memberships in the N. C.
Symphony Society and thus
bring, the Little Symphony "Or
chestra to Macon County again
was decided upon at a confer
ence of about 15 leaders at the
home of W. N. Sloan, county
Symphony chairman, Thursday
evening of last week.
Dr. Benjamin Swalin, director
of the N. C. Symphony Orches
tra, was present and offered
suggestions.
Dr. Swalin emphasized in
particular that children from
almost every community in this
county attend the free chil
dren's concert given each year
by the Litt'e Symphony, and
that each community in the
county, therefore, should do its
share in taking memberships in
the Symphony Society. It is
memberships which make the
orchestra possible, and Macon
County memberships which
make it possible for the group
to play here.
Two concerts are given here
annually ? a free matinee for
school children, and an evening
performance open to members.
Members also may attend, with
out charge, the orchestra's con
certs at Asheville and other
points in ihe state.
The orchestra has been
brought here each year since
1946.
Chairman Sloan expressed the
hope that workers who have
been appointed and have not
yet canvassed the territory as
signed them do so at once, and
that those who have made par
tial canvasses complete their
work as soon as passible.
He asked that all workers
make an Initial report at the
end of this week, and be In po
sition to make final reports by
the last of next week.
COWEETA HAS
HEAVIEST RAIN
IN EASTERN US.
13 j Inches Of Rainfall
R^conded Here
Thi# Year
A new rain'all record for the
5as e.n United States has just
been set at the Coweeta Expe
ment Forest.
During the year since No
/emb?r 1, 1948, a total of 135
?nches was recorded at one o'
the 62 stations maintained at
'Joweeta ? and there are s ill a
few more days to go before the
year is out.
The highest rainfall previous
ly recorded in Eastern Amer
ica was 128 inches at Highlands
in the year August 1 through
July 31, 19'16, E. A. Johnson,
technician in charge of the Co
weeta Forest, said.
The record 135-Inch fall dur
ing the past 12 mon.hs was re
corded at Coweeta's Mooney Gap
station, one of the high points
In the forest, Mr. Johnson said.
2 From Local
Music Club On
Area Program
Two members of the Frank
lin Junior Music club appeared
on the program at the annual
meeting of th# Western Dis
trict of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Music clubs in Weav
erville Saturday.
Miss Patricia Landrum, vice
president of the local club, re
sponded to the address of wel
come, and Miss Edith Ple.mmons,
president, reported on the year's
activities of the Franklin club
and played a piano solo. For her
number, Miss Plemmons chose
"Poupee Valsinte", by Poldini.
Attending the annual meeting
from Franklin, in addition to
Miss Plemmons and Miss Lan
drum, were Frs. Weimar Jones,
club counselor, Mrs. J. H. Stock
ton, and the Misses Martha Ann
and Beverly Stockton.
Demonstration
Clubs Will Feature Public
Health Program
All county home demonstra
tion clubs are featuring a public
health program entitled "The
Hea'th for our Community".
Mrs. Mae Shope, public health
nurse, will discuss health edu
cation with these homemakers.
H. T. Collins, sanitarian, will
show a film which has recently
been released by the N. C. State
board of health entitled "Mr.
Williams Wakes Up."
Local P. T. A. are cooperating
with club members in urging all
rural homemakers and inter
ested farmers to attend.
The following meetings are
scheduled:
November 1? Walnut Creek, at
the home of Mrs. Ella Peek at
1:30.
November 2 ? Maple Springs,
at the home of Mrs. W. F. Potts
at 1:30.
Cullasaja club and the Culla
saja. P. T. A. will meet at the
Cullasaja school November 4,
it 2 p. m.
Carson Chape! club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Harold
Waldroop, November 8, at 2
p. m.
lot! ?, November 9 at 2 p. m.
with Mrs. W. B. Bennett.
Holly Springs will hold a com
munity meeting at the local
school November 10 at 7:30.
The Nantahala cluo will also
hold a community meeting at '
the school November 14 at 7:30.
Other clubs will announce the
schedule of health meetings at .
a later date.
Panthers Have Two Gime
Dates Changed This Week
The Franklin Panthers will
play Lavonia, Ga., there Thurs
day night instead of Friday
night as had been previously
announced.
Coach Mllburn- Atkins also
announced that 'next week's
g.anie here* would be played
Thursday night, instead of Fri
day night. The game is with
Liberty, . 8. C., and Is the last
bom* game of the year.
Bergen Hall Ranked 5th
Among 4,500 Fre&hmen at
University Of Houston
In a recent test at the Uni
versity of Hous on, Houston,
Texas, where be is a student,
Bergen Hall, of Franklin,
tanked in fifth place among
4,500 freshman at the insti
tution, according to informa
tion received .here.
The highest score made by
any student was 168, rr d the
Franklin student's score was
133.
Young Mr. Hall, who is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Boise
Hall, of Franklin, made a
perfect score in a?i intelli
gence test given by the U. S.
army at the local high school
last spring. He was graduated
from the school here i-.i 1949,
and this fall entered the
University of Houston as a
freshman.
MRS. BRADLEY
NAMED OFFICER
OF HDTGROUP
Mrs Ralph Bradley was unan
imously elected to serve as vice
president of the Council of Ma
con Counly Home Demonstra
tion clubs at the regular meet
ing held last Friday at the Ag
ricultural building. The position
had been made vacant by the
resignation of Mrs. H. E. Freas,
who resigned last August. Mrs.
Bradley resides in the Oak
Grove community.
The council of club women
heard T. H. Fagg, assistant
county agent in charge of 4-H
club work, discuss the comple
tion of the 4-H club at Waynes
ville. Mr. Fagg gave a brief his
tory of the project in which he
pointed out Macon County 4-H
club wo-kers raised $800 in
1946 to build the Macon cabin
at the camp site. He then ex
plained that plans were now
being made to erect a swiming
pool and additional buildings,
and that the quota set for this
county's share of the expense
was $1,000.
Mrs. Florence Sherrill, home
demonstration agen', said that
4-H club workers would sell
'amps and vanilla as a means
of raising funds.
A motion to hold a Christmas
Bazaar, made by Mrs. Carl
Slagle, was adopted by the
council as one means of rais
ing funds to assist the 4-H
club in their camp project.
Mrs. J. R. Ray, council presi
dent, announced that final
plans for Achievement Day,
should be made. The Achieve
ment Day program will be held
November 3 and the club will
meet from 1 p. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Donald Jones Open New
Repair Business Here
The Mechanical Repair com
pany, which recently openeed
here, is a new kind of business
in Franklin. The service it of
fers is attention to almost any
kind of mechanical emergency,
in the home or the business
establishment, it was explained
by Donald P. Jones, who heads
the new firm. Mr. Jones, for
merly of the Maritime service,
returned to Franklin to make
his home last July.
The new business is situated
in the old Ford buliding on
East Palmer street.
Ma-vil Hol'ard Elacted
To Office At Brevard
Manuel Holland, student at
Brevard college, has been elect
ed president of the co'lege's
Cliosophic society, it has been
learned here.
Mr. Holland spent a few days
here recently with his family.
OTTO CARNIVAL
A Hallowe'en carnival will be
held at the Otto school tomor
row (Friday) night, starting at
7 o'clock. String music, square
dancing, a Hallowe'en queen
contest, pretty girl and ugly
man contests, and a variety of
concessions are planned.
The event is open to the gen
eral public.
CLARK'S CHAPEL CARNIVAL
A Hallowe'en carnival and
food sale will be held at the
Clark's Chapel school Saturday
night, October 29. The program
will begin at 8 p. m., and is be
ing sponsored by the 4-H club.
The oubllc U cordially Invited
to attend.
ATTEMPT MADE
TO ENTER TWO
LOCALSTORES
Very Small Lost Reported
By Owners From
R'bbery
Two stores, Miller Norrls's and
Mrs. Will Parrish's, In the
Smlthbridge township were
broken into early Tuesday night.
Though today no arrests had
been made according to Sher
riff's office.
The store owners did not suf
fer any appreciable loss since
the only item reported missing
was one box of shirts from Mrs.
Parrish's store.
The store belonging to Mr.
Norris was not actually entered
since the persons who attempt
ed to enter the store, first pull
ed off a strip of the boxing off
the feed room, which is in the
rear of the store. After enter
ing this room, they were unable
to enter the store proper.
Entrance to Mrs. Parrish's
store was gained through a
window which opens Into the
i post office in the rear of the
store. The intruders did not
bother anything in the post of
fice, according to Walter Dean,
deputy sherriff, although there
was a small amount of change
in the cash drawer which they
could have taken.
After the ma'ter was report
ed about 8:30 by Mrs. Parrlsh
Sherriff J. P. Bradley, accom
panied by Mr. Dean and Arthur
Ray, Investigated the matter.
Finger prints were obtained and
bloodhounds trailed the house
breakers back to the highway
from each store. After coining
to the highway they had evi
dently entered a car.
Slagle School
Has 22 Pupils On Honor
Roll For 1st Period
Twenty-two pupils are on the
honor roll of the Slagle schcol
for the first six-week period,
it was announced this week by
Principal Norman West.
The school has an enrollment
to date, Mr. West said, of 214.
The honor roll follows:
First grade ? Elmyra Ledford,
Alice Collier.
Second grade ? Bud Shope,
Jimmy Nolen, Margaret Ann
Smith, George Greenwood.
Third grade ? Margaret Car
penter, Barbara Nell Lewis, Car
oline Gregory, Verlon Burch.
Fourth grade ? Willie Kate
Bingham.
Fifth grade ? Maureen Rhodes,
Jane Ann Moses, Frank T.
Smith, Mysa Crawford.
Sixth grade ? Sue Solesbee,
Nancy Dayton.
Seventh grade ? Billie Johnson,
Josephine Lenoir.
Eighth grade ? Clara Ander
son, Annette Dalrymple, Annie
Dills.
W. T. Jenkins Transferred
Here From Robbinsville
As Highway Patrolman
William T. (Tom) Jenkins, of
Asheville, has been assigned by
the North Carolina state high
way patrol to replace Prltch
ard Smith for this area. Patrol
man Smith was recently trans
ferred to Shelby, N. C.
Patrolman Jenkins has been
stationed in Robbinsville for two
years prior to coming here. This
is his second assignment with
the state highway patrol.
The new patrolman is married
and has one little girl two years
old.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at tbe
Coweeta Experiment station.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday .
Max.
... 78
76
... 78
76
... 72
... 68
Mln. Pet.
41 Trace
44 .01
48
39
34
48
48 .23
FRANKUN RAINFALL
(As recorded by Manson L.
Stiles, TV A weather observer).
For 24 hours ending at t a.
m. October 26, .46 of an Inch.
Other days during the past
week, non?.