V,T 1 #*$<***'*' ? ??-.V .* ' ???'/?.*: a- . , >* ? * W . . l& v 2H)? IfaWanb* JUcouian Price 6 Cents VOL. JJCTV ? NO. 46 _n. FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1M9 TWELVE PAGM $667 RAISED FOR FRANKLIN SCHOOL BAND Goal Is $2,000 ; Fian Concert On Square Saturday At 11 With $667 worth of member s' ; having been sold during the llrjt two weeks of the driver the campaign to raise funds for the rranklln school band, which is sponsored by the Franklin Lions club, is moving forward. A total of $2,000 is sought, the funds to be used for the pur chase of band Instruments. Frank B. Duncan, president of the Lions club, said that "it Is impossible to make certain that every single person is person ally contacted, although it is the aim of the Lions club to reach every person who wishes to obtain an Iwnorary member ship in the band1'. To make sure everyone has an opportunity to aid the band, he said, he has designated the following places where member ships may be obtained: Farmers Federation, Cagles cafe, Angel's Drug store. Frank lin Hardware company, the Bank of Franklin, Burrell Motor company, Sossamon Furniture company, Dowdle Wholesale company and Duncan ; Motor company. Plans were made at Monday night's meeting of the club to have the band play on the Square Saturday at 11 a. m., during which time memberships will be solicited by club mem bers from persons hearing the open-air concert. Men's Club To Hear School Committee Report On Saturday A committee appointed to seek improvement of Slagle school will make its report at Saturday night's meeting of the Cartoogechaye Men's club. The meeting Is set for 7 o'clock at the Community house. Club officials said all citizens of the Slagle school district, as well as members of the county board of education and the county superintendent of schools, are invited. rff 1 ??? ? >. Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Mr. Jule Robinson went to Waynesvllle Saturday to clerk in J. C. Wright's store. J. A. Munday, of Aquone, was in town Saturday and Sunday for the first time in eight months. When the present editor of the Ashevllle Citizen succeeded John P. Kerr, we thought him a worthy successor, but we must cnnfess that an editor who is so deficient in agricultural knowledge as to not know a corn-crib from a baby-cradle would, if sent out to gather 'possums and 'taters, climb a 'possum tree to gather 'taters, and trail a gourd vine to pull 'possums. 25 YEARS AGO Capt. Prank Swan and Mr. Vernon 8wan have been in the county a few days in the Inter est of Delco lights. Judge Zeb Balrd left last Sunday to spend some months In Houston, Texas, with his son, Mr. Hugh M. Balrd. Some knock-kneed scalawag set fire to the woods a few miles from here and the fire has been destroying property for nearly a week and the smoke is still rising. A number of our neighbors have 'almost exhaust ed thP"i selves fire-fighting. ? Ellljay Item. It YEARS AGO" Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Bryson, Jr., and family, of Bryson City, arrived Tuesday to make their residence in Franklin, where Mr. Bryson will pursue his pro fession, the practice of law. James Richardson Martin, 88, died at his home In the Rain bow Spring! section Saturday afternoon. CFL. JOHN H. KEENER, JR. CLIMCSSTILL CROWDED HERE 650 Immunized Against Diphtheria During Past Week The public health clinics con- 1 tlnue crowded, as parents bring their small children to health authorities, (or immunization from diphtheria. Mrs. aladys Mae Shope, pub lic health nurse here, said this week, that she had given the diphtheria "shots" to 650 during the past week. A total of 133 were given, at Saturday's clinic, and 112 at the clinic Monday, and Mrs. Shope gave Immunizations to more than 200 at the Cowee school, at the Iotla School, 75 at Slagle, and 58 at Union. This is In addition to the 230 immunized at the Saturday and Monday clinics here 10 days ago, and to the hundreds who have been to private physicians. Meanwhile, Ralph Swafford, three-year old brother of the two little Swafford girls who dledfewfr'dUpiltheria. earlier this month, contracted the disease *ast Wednesday and was critic all for 48 hours. The child, hos pitalized Wednesday, is now re covering at the home of his par ent#, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Swafford, of Franklin, Route 3. Despite the rush, Mrs. Shope believes the Job of immunizinp young children in this county is ! far from complete. She esti- 1 mates that there are between 1,500 and 2,000 children In the county between the ages of six months and six years ? the per iod at which immunization is considered most necessary. The state and U. S. public health services recommend a series of three shots, at four week intervals, at the age of six months, Mrs. Shope said, with one "booster" dose at the ages of Mo and a half, and another at the age of five. Thanksgiving Union Service Planned Next Wednesday The annual union Thanksgiv ing service, in which the four Protestant churches here par ticipate, will be held next Wed nesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the First Baptist church, it was announced this week. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. C. E. Murray, Franklin Methodist pastor. Pastors of the other churcljes also will have parts in the serv ice. J. E. S. Thorpe is reported recovering, following a major operation at the Foundation hospital, in New Orleans, last week. MILITARY RITES <0R KEENER TO iE HELD SUNDAY ? . 3>dy Of Youth, Shot Down In Yugoslavia, Bi;ughtBack Home The body of Cpl. John H. Ceener, Jr., 19-year old Macon County youth who was shot i wn over Yogoslavia August 7, 1944, was brought back horn* -ate yesterday, and will bt glv ?n a military funeral Sunday Following a service at the First Bap 1st church here at 2: 30 o'clock, the body will be Inter red at the Franklin cemetery, with the local American Legion post in charge of the military i es at the grave. The young tail gunner was shot down while on his second mission. He was reported m Using by the War Department, but it was three years before his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Keener, formerly of Franklin, Route 4, now of Brevard, def initely learned his fate. Johnny Grogen, of Winston-Salem, the only man on the plane who survived, visited the Keeners in 1947 and told them how, Just as he went to give the younded you h a shot of morphine, he (Grogen) w? thrown from the p?ane by an explosion. Last summer the War De partment notified Mr. and Mrs. Keener that young KeKener's original burial place was an iso lated grave In the village of Orizarl-Hanrljepro, Yugoslavia. The remains later were remov ed to the U. S. Military ceme tery at Belgrade, Yugoslavia, whence they were returned to America at the request of Mr. and Mrs. Keener. Cpl. Keener's survivors, in ad dition to his parents, include two brothers, Eugene, of Bre vard, and Harold, of Franklin; and five staUB* Am. Tommy Hayes, of Newport News, Va., and Mrs. Lawrence Fisher, Mrs. Furman Waldroop, and Misses Pauline and Viola Keener, all of Brevard, i 1 Calendar Of Th? Woek'? EVENTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 7 ^>. m. ? Post No. 108, Amer ican Legion, at Slagle Memorial building. 7:30 p. m. ? Nequassa Chapter No. 43, Order of the Eastern Star, at Masonic hall. FRIDAY 7:30 p. m. ? Annual meeting MaoDn County chapter, Americ an Red Cross, as Memorial building. SATURDAY 8 p. m. ? Square dance (Amer ican Legion benefit) at Memor ial building. 8 p. m. ? Bunco party (East ern S.ar benefit) at Kely's Tea room. MONDAY 10 a. m.? Board of county commissioners at courthouse. 7 p. m. ? Franklin Troop 1, Boy Scouts, at Memorial build ing. TUESDAY 8 p. m? American Legion Auxiliary at home of Mrs. Roane Bradley. WEDNESDAY 7 p. m. ? Franklin Rotary club at Memorial building. 7:30? Memorial Post No. 7339, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at Agricultural building. Urges Macon Folk To Complete Memorial To County's War Dead WJth the approach of Thanks giving, the people of Macon Count; this week are asked to show their gratitude to the men from this county who gave their lives In World Wars X and 2 by completing the fund being raised to erect bronze plaque* bearing the names of Macon's war dead. The following statement was issued by the Macon County Memorial association, of which Ollmer A. Jones is chairman: How many men were killed In World War X? How many in World War n? How many of these mm' can you name? Where nan * record of their names be found? Do we know? And . if these men, and thou sands of other American men and boys, had not gone to the ftAir corners of the earth and heroically surrendered their their lives, where would Amer ica democracy be? And where would we be? Undergoing the torture of some Nazi prison camp? Or under Hitler's heel? Or dead? Yet, we do not know how many lives of Macon County men it took to keep us from suffering this sort of fate. We are trying to raise $1160 to erect bronze tablets which will bear their names as me OMtlawd Ob Ffcfi Slfttf? Reports $310 In Symphony Memberships The N. C. Symphony orches tra fund here has passed the $300-mark. W. N. Sloan, county chairman, reported this week that mem berships taken to date amount to approximately $310. Of this sum, more than $100 came from Highlands, he said. A total of $750 is required to bring the N. C. Little Symphony for Its annual concerns? a matinee free to Mftcon County school children, find an tuning performance for Byjnphony members. In announcing the total to date, Mr. Sloan expressed the hope that business firms here will take out, as a number have done In past years, member ships for $25 or more. Such memberships are deductible from Income |a#. He also urged werkers to complete their canvasses promptly and make their re ports to J. H. Stockton, 8ym' phony treasurer in this county. PANTHERS WILL GO TO BRYSON Swain Eleven Favored To Win In Friday Night's Gams The Franklin Panthers will Invade the stronghold of the top team of the Smoky Moun tain conference when they meet Rryran City on the Bryson City field tomorrow (Friday) night at 7:30. The Swain county football eleven is heavily favored in this conference contest, due to their line record, whfch shows no de feats M the conference thte sea son. Franklin, with a two losses at the hands of conference teams ? Hayesville and Sylva ? will en ter the game as a definite underdog. This will be the last game in the local conference for Frank , lin, but the local eleven will play Sevierville, Tenn., at Se viervllle Thanksgiving day. | ' ? 11 Scouts From Franklin Promoted At Honor Court Eleven members of the Frank lin Boy Scout Troop Vo. 1 re ceived promotions at the court of honor for the 8moky Moun tain district, held at the Pres byterian church annex last Thursday night. Bill Enser, of Cherokee, chair - .man of the court of horwr committee, presided, and Ben Edwards, local Bsy Scout, serv ed as clerk of the court. Awards received by the Frank lin Scouts were as follows: Tenderfoot badge, Roy Johns ton, and Robert Johnston; sec ond class badge, Dick Bradley and Bobby Womack; merit badges, Ben Edwards, Howard, Patton, Herbert McKelvy, Ross Zachary and Richard Russell; and star scout, Herbert McKel vey and Jack Kusterer. Twenty-five scouts were pres ent. Next Week'* Pre?? Will Be Publvhed On Tuesday Night Next week's issue of The Press will be published 24 hours esrUer than usual. This chance is bsiag Hide, doe to the attll holiday <*i Thanksgiving day, there will be no mail delivery on the rural routes that day; thus, if The Press wert published Wednesday usual, It would be a day old whsa it reach rural subscriber* Friday. Next creek's paper, there fore, will be published palced In the post office Tuesday night, so that it will reach Macon County subscrib ers Wednesday morning. Advertisers are requested to observe a Monday not n dead line on advertising next week. Persons who have news fir the paper also are requested to bring or telephone it early. The paper will resume its normal schedule with the is sue of Be? mber 1. SKINNER WILL BE RED CROSS MEETSPEAKER Officers To Be Named At Annual Session Friday Night Dr. O. C. Skinner, president of the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee school, Rabun Gap, Ga., will be the guest speaker at tomorrow (Friday) night's annual meet ing ot the Macon County chap ter of the American Red Cross Dr. Skinner's topic will be "Service", The meeting U set for 7:30 o'clock ?t the 81kg le Memorial building. Reports on the year's work will be heard, and oflicers for the coming year will be elected. Harmon H. Gnuse, Jr., chapter chairman, will preside. All Red Cross members are invited, Mrs. Alice Rljnmer, ex ecutive secretary, emphasized. The meeting is not a dinner session. Convocation Holds Meet At Cherokee The fall meeting of the Epis copal Convocation of Asheville was held Tuesday at Cherokee, with the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, of Franklin, presiding as dean of the convocation. The morning session was held at the Church of St. Francis of A&iiisi, and the af emcon ses sion in Qualla ha'l, at the Cher okee school. The meeting opened at 9:45 o'clock with the celebration of the Holy Communion, with a business session following. Mrs. Thomas O. Wright, of Asheville, reported on the trien nial meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary, and reports on the general convention of the church were made by the Rev. Mark Jenkins, rector of Cal vary church, Fletcher, and V. Jordan Brown, of Asheville, Reports alsq were heard on the work of the church In the convocation, which covers the } 1 western half of the Diocese of j Western North Carolina. William S. Tyndall, of Chero kee, served as secretary and t treasurer of the meeting, which | was at ended by 46 persons. Mrs. Lela Pcolos, Native Of Macon, Dies In California Mrs. Joseph Ashear has re ceived word of the death of her cousin, Mrs. Lela Poolos, for j merly of Macon County, in Los | Angeles, Calif ., October 18. Mrs. Poolos, who was the daughter of the late David and Mrs. Edith Henry Carpenter, lived in the Ellijay community until she was a young woman. She went West 50 years ago, and when she and her sister, Mrs. Z. P. Moses, of Bakersville, Calif., visited here in 1942, it was Mrs. Poolos' first visit home in 42 years. Funeral services were held at the Church of the Recessional, Los Angeles. October 22, and burial was at Glendale, Calif. Survivors Include two sons, three daughters, four sisters, and one brother, all of whom mad* their home in California, and many relatives in this county. Dtser Hunters Out This Week} Report 10 Kil!ed Monday Hunters this week are combine the Macon County -woods f?r deer. A county hunt, under state auspices, was held in non refuge territory Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and today (Thursday) a hree-diy hunt on the Standing Indian (ed;i?i->Ut? wildlife manage ment area will get under way. An estimated 20# to 300 hunters were on: early Mon day morning, C. Penland, county game warden said, and got IS deer during the day. Tuesday night he said he had heard of no kills that day. Mast of Monday's kills were mule in Harrison core, and on Cartoogechaye and Wayah Creeks, he said. Mr. Penlamd reported he spent most of Monday chas ing dogs, which someone had unlawfullw released in 1,he woods, presumably to start the deer running. Anting 'lli-ose reported to have made kills were Erwrn Carpenter, Lester Holland, Frank Leach, and Dan McCall. CROP UNIT SET UP FOR MACON Evans Heads Campaign For Overseas Relief The Rev. Hoyt Evans, Frank lin Presbyterian pastor, was named Macon County chairman for the Christian Rural Over seas Program, at a meeting last Saturday morning at the Agri cultural building. The purpose of CROP is to provide overseas relief by con tributions of commodl.ies, which either are -shipped to war stricken countries, or are sold and the money used for over seas relief. Other officers for CROP in this county were elected as fol lows: Doyle Burgess, of Highlands, co-chairman; the Rev. C. E. Murray, co-chairman; E. A. Johnson, secre ary - treasurer; and the Rev. C. C. Welch, com modity chairman. The Rev. D. D. Gross , of Clyde, CROP supervisor of the seven westermost Noith Caro lina counties, called the meet ing to order, and the organiza tion was set up, following the showing of a film, "Operation Mercy". Nichols Is New Owner Of Airport W. R. Willoughby has arrived here to become operator of the Franklin airport for its new owner, William C. Nichols, of Black Mountain. Mr. Niclwls, owner and oper ator of the airport at Black Moun'ain, recently bought the Franklin air port from Grant Zickgraf. Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby. orig inally from Ohio, came to Franklin from airport work in Florida. They are making their home in the apartment on the field. The airport here was built by Mr. Zickgraf, and has been in operation for four or five years. 30 Sets Of Twins To Take Part In Highlands Program Tonight Thirty sets of twins, ranging in age from two to sixty years, are expected to appear in the "Twin Show" feature of to night's (Thursday) benefit en tertainment program at the Highlands school theatre. All live within the territory served by the Highlands school. A total of at least 35 sets of twins live within the area, Mrs. Louis Edwards, entertainment and finance chairman of the Highlands Parent-Teacher asso ciation, which Is sponsoring the program, said, but for varying reasons, five sets will be unable to be present. At least four sets of twins will participate in the baby ihow, another feature of the program. Tonight's program, set tor 7:30, is to raise money for the Highlands schcol gymnasium building. Other features of the program will Include the baby contest; the popularity selection of "Mr. and Miss High School" and "Mr and Miss Grammar School", with prizes offered in each con test: and the "phantom voices" number, music for which will be provided by the Franklin High school band. Members of the band will be served supper. Just prior to the performance, in the basement of the Highlands Presbyterian church, Mr*. Idwardi said. FARM HOUSING PROGRAMBEGUN N THIS COUNTY U. S. Loans AvaiUbU To Farmers Unable To G;t Credit The farm housing program, authorized by recent congres sional act, is being launched in Macon County, and applto* tions (or loans to build or re pair (arm homes and ether (arm buildings will be received at the Farmers Home Adminis tration county of(ice in tLa Agricultural building here, it was announced this week by William E. Hill. Mr Hill, whose home is Mar shall, is serving as acting FHA county supervisor here, pendlag appointment o( a successor te the late Albert L. Ramsey The purpose o( the loans is to make it (inancially possible (or (armers to buUd, improve, alter, repair, or replace dwell ings or other buildings essen tial to farm operation, Mr. Hill pointed out. Loan will be made, on'y te (armers who are unable to get credit elsewhere. To qualify, a (armer must be a (arm owner, but landlords may use the bor rowed funds to provide better housing for tenants. Veterans will have preference. Borrowers will be given tip t* 33 years to repay the loans, at an interest rate of four per cent. They will be expected, however, to refinance the in debtedness through cooperative or private sources whenever this is possible. Each loan wll! fee secured by a mortgage on tfce farm, subject to any existing prior liens, plus such additiobal security as may be deemed nec essary to reasonably protect Um government's investment. Loans, not to exceed $1,009. may be made for minor reRStfirs to eliminate hazards to fam ilies' health and safety, and in cases up to $500 of this amount may be in the form of grants. An FFA county commit ee will pass on the eligibility of appli cants, the value of their farms, the type of assistance (or which thty are qua li tied, the smmw of the loan or grant, and t&e number o( years over which t&e loan shou'd be repaid. The three men appointed la that committee are B. W. Jus tice, of Franklin, Route 4, George Gibson, of Route 3, and D. -M. Rogers, of Highlands, Buck Creek route. Application blanks for loans may be obtained from tlx Farmers Home Administratis office in the Agricultural build ing. While the housing act pro vides for lending for a fow year period, the actual appro priation made is for the cur rent year, and amounts to $27-., 000 000 for the nation. It is an ticipa'ed that the loans will average about *2.200, which would make possible an attraf* of five loans in each agricul tural county in the country. The authorized appropriation for four-year period, howerer, is $275,000,000. more than 18 ttmas the amount ac'ua'ly appropri ated for this year. PLAN RUMMAGE SALE The grade mothers of Mis. Lee Barnard's Franklin scbe*l second grade wil! hold a rum mage sale on the square Satur day morning, beginning at IrSi o'clock. Proceeds will b? usri for rocm improvements. PLAN SING A special sing will be held at Calvary Baptist church Sandhy afternoon, starting at 1:3# o'clock, it has been announced A total of 1,082 persons to6t their driving privileges dating October, the N C. Departures* of Motor vehicles has announc ed. The Weather lYmpcraturrfl and r?r*rn>itati??i> for flkt t>ast seven day