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FRANKLIN, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 1949
TEN PAOIS
Calendar
Of The Week'*
EVENTS
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 23
2:30 p. m? First Baptist W.
M. U. circle at the church.
1:45 p. m. ? First Baptist
Sunbeams, Royal Ambassadors,
and Girls' auxiliary at the
cliurch. |
7 p. m. ? Franklin Rotary club
at] Slagle Memorial building. -|
7:30 p. m. ? Union Thanks
giving service of four Franklin
churches at First Baptist
church. - t
7:30 p. m ? Memorial Post No.
7339, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
at Agricultural building.
( THURSDAY
8 p. m. ? Square dance (V. F
W. benefit) at Memorial build
ing.
FRIDAY
7:30 p. m.? Franklin Lodge
No. 452, Loyal Order of Moose,
at old Legion hall.
7:30 p. m.? First Baptist Y.
W. A. at home of Miss Patsy
Hays.
9 p. jn.. ? Round dance (Lions
club benefit) at Memorial build
ing.
SATURDAY
8 p. m. ? Square dance (Amer
ican Legion benefit) at Memory
lal building.
MONDAY
7 p. m. ? Franklin Lions club
at Presbyterian church annex.
7 p. m. ? Franklin Troop 1,
Boy Scouts, at Memorial build
ing.
7:40 p. m.? Community health
meeting at Agricultural build
ing.
WEDNESDAY .
7 p. m. ? Franklin Rotafy club
at Memorial building.
5* YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
There will be a revival In
building in Franklin next sum
mer if we are to judge from
present indications. At least
three large new structures will
go up. H. G. Trotter and Son
have made and burned this fall
500,000 brick, and they are get
ting ready to put up a large
brick store building on the cor
ner where they now keep In the
old out-of-date building. Sam
L. Rogers is getting together
lumber for a large, new build
ing, to be placed on the knoll
east of the courthouse near
half a mile. The site overlooks
his two fine farms situated on
both sides of the Tennessee
river. John O. Harrison has had
plans prepared to build a large
new dwelling on his beautiful
location just outside the cor
porate limits where he now
lives.
cfc>FFINS ? plain, medium and
fine. All sizes kept in stock,
and trimmings and ornaments
always on hand. Orders filled
on short notice. Franklin Furni
ture Company? Front Page ad
vertisement.
2* YEARS AGO
Last watk the $300,000 muni
cipal power bonds were deliv
ered by Mr. Henry Cabe, Frank
lin's efficient town clerk, and
the money received from the
sale of the bonds deposited to
the credit of the City of Frank
lin. The engineers are expected
to arrive today prepared to be
gin surveys of the proposed
power dam and vicinity.
J. Frank Ray died at his home
In Franklin November 25.
Mr. Jim Parriah has moved to
the Hall place near West's Mill.
, 10 YEARS AGO v
Ray Barnard, of Iotft, .. Fred
Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank I. Murray, and Ethan
Allen Ordway, son of Mr. and
. Mrs. James Ordway, have pua
?t ed their final examinations for
the navy and been assigned to
"the Naval Training Station, Nor
folk, Va.
Highlands Item: Former May
or W. 8. Davis was host at a
delicious 'possum dinner, with
all the trimmings, last Friday
evening.
Census Figures For Macon County
Show Big Cain In Manufacturing
"=? The value added by manufac
ture ol goods produced in man
ufacturing establishments ol
Macon coon y has increased
by approximately $1,084,000 since
tKfore- the war, according to in
loimAtlon lecelved here from C.
Parker Persons, regional direc
tor of the U. S. Department of
C ntnerce in Atlanta.
A Census Buieau report from
its 1947 census of manufactures
shows, Mr. Jersons said, that in
1939 the value added by manu
facture of goods produced by
manufacturers of Macon county
was $119,000, and that in 1947
it was $1,183,000. The .e m
I "value added by manufacture"
| means' the value of manufactur
ed goods in excess cf the cost
|of materials and supplies, the
Commerce Department official
explained.
Most branches of Macon coun
ty's manufac uring industries
grew correspondingly in the
eight-year period, it was stated.
The number of establishments
engaged in manufacturing oper
ations Increased from eight in
1939 to 18 in 1S47, ihe number
of employees from 77 to 351,
and salaries and wages paid
f.om $50,008 to $560,000.
Final Rites
Are Held For
Cpl. Keener
The body of Cpl. John H.
Keener, Jr., 19-year old air
forces tall gunner who was shot
down over Yugoslavia five years
ago, was laid to rest In the
Franklin cemetery Sunday, with
the local post of the American
Legion conducting the military
rites at the grave.
The Rev. J. I. Vinson and the
Rev. Hoyt Evans conducted the
service at the First Baptist
church at 2:30 o/cloclt, and at
the graveside members of the
Legion paid final tribute to
their comrade.
Horace T. Nolan and Bill Bry
son were the honor guard;
Cecil Parker, Arvil Parker, Phil
McCollum, Frank Plyler, and
Weaver Shope made up the coU
or guard; Robert Parker, Frank
Reece, Harry Kinsland, Joe
Bradley, Harold Enloe, Morris
Norton, and Siler Sl&gle, werg
members of the firing squad; I
and S. L. (Sammy) Beck, bu
gler, sounded
Erwln Patton, Lon Da'ton, I
Marshall Fouts, Milton Pouts, '
Newell Pendergrass. and Bob
Sloan, also of the" tJfefclon, wore!
pallbearers.
Cpl. Keener was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Keener,
of Brevard, formerly of Macon
County. Survivors, in addition
to his parents Include two
brothers, Eugene, of Brevard,
and Harold, of Franklin; and
five sisters, Mrs. Tommy Haves,
of Newport News, Va., and Mrs.
Lawrence Fisher, Mrs. Furman
Waldroop, and Misses Pauline
and Viola Keener, all of Bre
vard.
DEER HUNTERS
BAD MARKSMEN
? r
Only 5 Bucks Brought
Down By 33 Who
Got Shots
A lot of deer hunters aren't
such hot marksjnen, figures
from last week's three-day hunt
on the Standing Indian wild
life management area indicate.
For out of 33 hunters who
got shots, only five brought
down their game. That's less
than one out of six.
Furthermore, Nancaha'a Na
tional Forest personnel believe
there were a good many
"misses", not admitted by the
hunters. If that is true, the
proportion was even smaller.
In the three days, Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, five
bucks were taken out, it was
said. Five other hungers' shots
knocked <Jown deer, but halter
them only temporarily, and the
hunters failet} }n their efforts
to track them down. And 23 ad- 1
mitted that they got shots, but
mUsed,
Seventy -five permits for the '
hunt were issued, arid 74 hunt'
erg showed un Thursday, 52 Fri
day, and 41 Saturday, malting a
total of 167 man-days of hunt
ing ? with a net kill of five.
The five successful hunters, '
it was said, were from out of
town.
The largest kill was made by
a Hendersonville man whose
naijae was not available. He
brought down a 12-point buck
that dressed out 175 pounds.
Another three-day hunt on
the 14,000-acre area at the
Continued on Pace Six?
EVANS ELECTED
1950 CHAIRMAN
OF RED CROSS
Other Officials Named
At Annual Meeting;
Skinner Speaker
The Rev. Hoyt Evans Is the
new chairman of the Macon
County chapter of the American
Red Cross. Mr. Evans, who is
pastor of the Franklin Presby
terian church, was elected at
last Friday night's annual
chapter meeting, held at the
S'agle Memorial bui'ding. He
succeeds Harmon H. Gnuse, Jr.
The meeting was marked by
an address by O. C. Skinner,
president of. Rabun . (Jap- Na
coochee school, reports, musical
selections, and the election of
officials for the "coming year's
work.
W. ' R. Po.ts, of Highlands,
was elected as vice-chairman,
and J. C. Jacobs as treasurer.
Members of the executive com
mittee, in addition to the of
? Continued on Page Sb
Basketball
Schedule Of Nantahah
High Annruiicsd
The 1949-50 baske ba'l sche
dule of the Nantahala (Otter
Creek) high school was an
n- uriced this week by Carl D.
Moses, principal, as follows:
December
Friday, December 2, Hiwassee
Dam, at Andrews; Tuesday, 6,
Stecoah, at Robbinsville; Fri
day, 9 Franklin at Franklin;
Tuesday, 13, Murphy, there;
Friday, 16. Bryscn Cttj', there;
Tuesday, 20. Cherokee Indians, i
here (home),
January
Tuesday, 3, Murphy, here
i ( heme ) ; Friday, 6, Andrews,
I there; Tuesday, 10, Franklin,
here (home); Friday, 13, Sylva,
the-e; Tuesday, 17, Robbinsville,
there; Friday, 20, Cherokee,
there; Friday, 27, Robbinsville,
here (homeh
February
Thursday, ,2, Stecoah, at Rob
binsvi le; Friday, 10, Andrews, J
dav game, i p. m., here. Week
of February 20 ? tournament at
Andrews; Bryson City here some
date ill February; Hiwassee Dam
at Andrews in return game,
some date to be determined
later.
Hard-Fighting Panthers
Lose To Bryson, 34 To 7
A game and hard-fighting,
but greatly out-weighed Frank
lin football team lost its last
conference game of the season
Friday night to the strong
Bryson City eleven by a score
of 34 to 7. Franklin will play
Sevierville, Tenn., there tomor
row afternoon at 2 o'clock, in
a non-conference game.
During the first quarter the
light hard-clawing Panthers
outplayed the Smoky Mountain
conference champions, driving
to th? 15-yard line in one drive,
and roaring 75-yards on running
plays to ' draw first blood with
a touchdown early in the sec
ond quarter. The ball was ad
v?nced on running plays with
Shields and Huggins gaining
mcst of the ground. Shields
went the last 20 yards in two
smashes cff tackle. Archer made
the placement good.
B.yson City came back with
a drive of its own. Sparked by
the hard-running of Gene
Hyatt, big Swain back, the Mar
oons drove to the 10-yard line
where, with fourth down and
two yards to go for a llrsi down,
Hyatt faked a plunge into the
line, s'raightened up, and
through a bullet pass to Charlie
Weodard in the end zone. Gene
Brown plunged for. the extra
point.
In the second half, the strong
Swain coun.y eleven, mixing a
passing attack with a strong
? Continued on Page Six
WILL SELL AUTO
LICENSES HERE
Ve-lon Swafford has been ap
pointed branch manager of the
Carolina Motor club, and will
open a Franklin branch here
December 1, he announced yes
terday.
The motor club handles fiIps
of North Carolina motor vehicle
license tags for the state, and
he opening of a branch here
means that Macon County ve
hicle owners can obtain their
plates here, instead of having
to write to Raleigh, or drive to
Sylva or Murphy, the nearest
motor club branches at present,
for them.
The Franklin branch office
will be situated in Mr. Swaf
ford's Western Auto Associate
store on Main street. ?
Mr. Swafford already has on
hand 1,500 sets cf automobile
license tags, 300 for trucks, 2Q
for farmer-trucks, 85 for Z
t'ailers; and 5 for C-trailers,
They will be on sale here on
and after December 1, he ex
plained,
The new 1980 tags may be
displayed on and after Decem
ber 1, and mus^ replace the
1948 tags after January 31.
The Frank'in branch of the
Carolina Motor club, which is
an affiliate of the American
Automobile association, will be
open the year around for the '
sale of tags, issuance of titles, ?
transfer of titles, and for ac- .
cepting new and renewal mem- j
bershigs in the state and na
tional motor clubs, Mr. Swaf- |
ford said.
600 Bushels
Of Corn Is
CROP Goal
A minimum of a half carload
(600 bushe's) of corn was set
as Macon County's goal in the
Chris ian Overseas Rural Pro
gram (CROP), at a meeting of
ministers and other interested
persons at the Agricultural
building last Saturday.
Various commodi ies are to be
shipped to war-stricken Euro
pean countries in the nation
wide CROP movement.
The local group decided to
confine efforts in this county
to ob'aining gifts of corn or
cash, the cash donations to be
used to buy corn in addition
to that given by farmers.
December 17 was tenta ively
set as the date for shipment
from Franklin, and donors of
corn were asked to deliver it,
shelled and sacked ? and pref
erably dried in the sun prior
to sacking, to assure i s keep
ings?to Welch's Grocery ware
house cn Palmer street prior to
that date. Persons who wish to
make cash donations are asked
'o forward them to E. A. John
son, secretary-treasurer, by not
later than December 14.
For the benefit of non-farm
ers who would like to contribute
one or more bushels of corn for
Europeans in need of food, it
was pointed out that the pres
ent price cf corn is $1.25 per
bushel.
It was decided to make the
?Continued on Pate Six
Twins ? And Only Half Of 'em Were There!
Highlands, highest incoporated town in the East,
apparently has another distinction. The photo
above suggests It has more twine than any other
.community of like size.
And the picture is only a suggestion, because
the Highlands community is said to have a total
of 35 sets of twins, and 17 of the 35 sets were .un
able to be present for the PTA twin show at the
Hlgh'ands school last Friday evening, when the
picture Was made.
Perhaps even more:- remarkable than the number
of twins in the picture, however, is the fact that
in every case but one where the twins are of the
same sex they are identical. Mrs. Mary Roper and
her twin sister, Miss Marie Dryman, provide the
sole exception.
Children seated in the front row are Wanda
Sue and Clara Ruth Keener, Martha and Mary
McCall, Verna and La Verne Houston, Jean and
Joan Cleaveland, Roy And Joy Lowe', Mary and
Martha Russell, and Carol Ann Lamb, who seems
very unhappy about the whole thing. Her twin
brother, Steve, waa even more unhappy? *o much
so, her parent* took him from, thi room Jut be
fore the pic lire was snapped.
In the center, between those seated and those at
the extreme rear, are Mrs. Mary Roper and her
twin sister, Miss Mary Dryman, Claude and Clyde
Crane, Doris and Morris Crow, Ray and Ralph
Reed, Mary and Marie Crane, Alice Faye and Ray
Reece, and Hazel and Haze Edwards.
In the back how are EUd and Fred Green, Louie
Neely and his twin sister, Mrs. J. D. Watson, Edd
and Fred Edwards, and Mrs. Helen Wilson and
her twin, Frank Cabe. ? Pkoio t>r Crttp stmi*
4 FRANKLIN FOLK
HURT IN WRECK
ARE IMPROVING
Mrs. Sutton, Mrs. Myers,
Misses Cabe And Hall
In Duke Hospital
The four Franklin women ?
Miss Mildred Cabe, Miss Dela
Moore Hall, Mrs. Leeida Be
shears Sutton, and Mrs. Mar
garet Myers ? who were serious
ly injured when their automo
bile and a highway commission
dump truck collided near SlVer
City last Friday afternoon, yes
terday afternoon were reper ed
recovering in Duke hospital,
Durham.
The top of their automobile
was cut off as though with a
knife, relatives who hurried la
Slier City af er the acldent re
ported.
The Franklin car and the
truck were both headed east.
The car, driven by/Miss Han,
was said to have started to pass
the truck when 'he truck and
denly turned left and Into the
lane the' automobile occupied.
When the car brakes were ap
plied, the rear of the au'omoblls
swung around against back at
the truck, and the truck took
off the entire top.
Miss Hall was thrown (rem
the car to the pavement, and
the oiher occupants escape*
possible death when the tmoac*
threw them to the floor, thas
avoiding the swiping action af
the truck's dump bed. Unsteer,
ed, the car is said to b've vena
a distance of 100 yards befora
lb stopped; Its motcr and radls
continued in operation.
Lester Jenkins, of Bryson City,
the other occupant of the car,
was unhurt.
The Frank' In party ?w head
ed for Saturday's Duke-Caro
lina game at Durham at the
time of the accident.
Miss Cabe, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Cabe, suffered
a fracture oyer the left eye
and a bad bruise back of the
right ear. An operation may be
necessary in a few days, bat
she probably, can re' una home
within two weeks, Duke physi
cians told her parents, who re
turned from Durham yesterday
morning.
Miss Hall's injuries tnehided
a skull fracture, back Injuries,
and serious face lacerations
that required plastic rorsc-y.
Her bro her-in-law. C. N. Dow
dle, who was In Durham ear
lier this week, said yesterday
that she is out cf danjrer. Mis.
Dowdle Is s 111 with her sister.
Mrs. Sutton probably can
"omp home in a few days, her
mother, Mrs. Roy Beshears. said
yesterday. She suf feed 'acer
a'lons of the forehead and
head bruises. Mr. and Mrs Be
shears were In Durham earlta
this week to be with her.
Mrs. Myers was said to have
been the most seriously Ip tar
ed, having suffered compound
skull fractures, but restrrfiav
was believed out of danger. Mrs.
Myers, whose army officer has
band, Lt. Col. Harold Myers. Is
in Arabia, Is occupying the Clla
ton Johnson house on Harri
son avenue.
Misses Hall and Cabe are em
ployes of the Macon
welfare department, while Vtr*.
Sutton Is employed by the Naa
tahala National Forest.
This Wwk'i PreM
Publish ?d 24 Hour*
Earlier Then Usual
Because 'here will be do mall
dellve-v nr?, the rural reatas
Thursday, this week's Ismm at
The Press Is being published M
hours earlier than usual.
Dated Wednesday, this lssaa
will be placed In the pas* '-ilea
at Franklin Tuesday night. tar
delivery to subscribers Wrtmi
dav.
Next week's issue will b* pub
lished late Wednesday and de
livered to subscribers Thursday
as usual.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation fmt fee
past seven days. atxJ the low rf??raty
yesterday. a* recorded at the ?*weeta fit
periment station.
High Low ret.
Wednesday 56 S3
Thursday 47 M
Friday 44 M traos
Saturday 60 If _
Sunday 68 27 ....
Monday 50 34
Tuesday 21
FRANKLIN RAINFAU.
(At record**! Wy Miran $lll?# 1m TVA)
Won*.