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Local Phone Firm Figures In Merger
BOARD TO BUY
MODERN TRUCK
FOR GARBAGE
Order Traffic Light
Moved, Parking
Law Enforced
?
The Franklin board of alder
men Monday night:
1. Moved to buy art up-to-date
garbage truck.
2. Order the traffic light at
Ralph Womack's service station
on the Georgia road moved to
the Intersection of East Main
and Depot streets.
3. Instruct the police to issue
warrants for motorists who fail
to report when given parking
violation tickets.
4. Discussed Improvements at
the municipal septic tanks, on
the Little Tennessee river, and
instructed Water Superintendent
Herman Chllders to proceed
with the work.
5. Discussed the possibility of
removing some or all of the
maple trees on Main street, but
took no action.
The disposal truck the board
has in mind is a modern, at
tractive vehicle, Incited so that
no refute would be spilled on
the streets, and equipped with
a device for packing the refuse,
so that larger amounts could be
hauled at one time, thus reduc
ing the number of trips to the
garbage dump. Wood row Reeves,
street cothmittee chairman, was
Instructed to prepare specifi
cations for advertisements for
bids.
In ordering the change in the
situation of the traffic light, it
was pointed out that the light
has been found unnecessary at
its present location, and that a
light is badly needed at the
East Main-Depot intersection,
two serious accidents having oc
curred there in recent weeks.
C. D. Balrd, police chief, told
the board many motorists ignore
tickets placed on their cars for
traffic law violations. He was In
structed to warn a motorist one
time, and if the motorist then
failed to report to the town of
fice with his ticket, to issue a
warrant. It was brought out
Continued On Page Eight?
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(looking backward through
the file* of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Mr- R. L. porter entertained a
number of his friends at hla
hospitable home on East Main
street last Monday, In honor of
his fiftieth birthday. Those who
were present, so far as were
able to observe, were Rev. and
Mrs. J. A- Deal, Mr. and Mrs.
X. Ellas, Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Bryson, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. All
man, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wal
droop, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cur
tis, Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Sudderth
and children, of Indian Terri
tory, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. All
nian, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. All
man, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Porter,
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Johnston, Mr.
and Mrs. W- R Crawford, and
Messers. G. A- Jones, 0. C.
Smith, if. fc. Barnard, J. A Hall,
and wm. Meroney, Qt Murphy.
in YEARS ago
Uncle Harve Mashburn and
Mrs Mashburn are again at
home in Franklin after spend
ing several months in Washing
ton and Oregon with their chlf
dren and other relatives.
Mr. Sam Franks, Franklin's
efficient postmaster, has re
ceived a cancldulus. For the
benefit of those who may not
find this word In their diction
aries, a cancldulus Is a machine
for canceling stamps.
1* YEARS AGO
Mrs. Mary Downs, who would
have been 103 ytars old In May,
died last Friday morning In
Angel hospital. Mrs. Downs was
active until December 7. Last
year she tended a garden, can
ned fruits, looked after her
chickens and a cow and did all
her house work. She bad Mved
alone (or the part II years.
ANNOUNCES
W. E. BALDWIN
For Chairman
Board of Commissioners
W. E. BALDWIN
OUT FOR POST
? i
Commiaaianer Chairman
Announce* Candidacy
For Renomination
W. E. (Gene) Baldwin this
week announced that he is a
candidate for chairman of the
board of county commissioners,
subject to the Democratic pri
mary May 27.
Mr. Baldwin, Frank] in busi
ness man, is the present chair
man of the board.
Born and reared in this coun
ty, he attended the Macon
CoUht&riMlMfc' -aollools and en
gaged In farming and construc
tion work until eight years ago,
when he entered the retail groc
ery business In Franklin, his
present business. He Is the son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Baldwin, of the Burnlngtown
community.
Mr. Baldwin was appointed
chairman of the board in 1945,
upon the death of the then
chairman, Gus Leach. He was
nominated and elected to a
four-year term in 1946.
During his five years on the
board, the county's tax rate has
been reduced from $1.20 on the
hundred dollars' valuation to
$1.10, and today the county has
a surplus in its debt service
fund of approximately $140,000.
As far as general operating ex
penses are concerned, the tax
rate cut actually wa? more than
10 cents, since the commission
ers have been applying 12 cents
to a schools' capital outlay fund.
The 12-cent levy, plus court
fines and forfeitures, provided
the $70,000 to build the Culla
saja school, which was complet
ed last fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin and
family live on the Bryson City
road, near Franklin.
Mias Archer Named
To Honor Fraternity
Miss Mary Alice Archer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
M. Archer, Jr., of Franklin, re
cently was elected to member
ship In Sigma Pi Alpha, nation
al honorary modern language
fraternity. Miss Archer Is a
freshman at Meradlth college,
where she is majoring in home
economies,
NX SYMPHONY
TO PLAY HERE
NEXTJESDAY
Children's Performance
Moved Up To 1:30
At Tabernacle
Making Its fifth consecutive
appearance in Franklin, the
North Carol 'na Little Symphony
orchestra will give two concerts
here next Tuesday.
Haying under the direction of
Dr. Benjamin Swalin, the 23
plece orchestra will give a f ee
matinee for Macon County
grammar sthoo? children at the
Friendship Tabernacle, In the
Bonny Crest section of Frank
lin, at 1 J30 p. m. The evening
concert is set for 8:30 o'clock
Tuesday evening at the Frank
lin Methodist church.
The children's matinee had
been scheduled for 2:30, but
this week was changed to lfSO
to suit the convenience of some
of the schools.
Admission to the evening per
formance will be by member
ship card or single-concert tick
et. While tickets wiU be avail
able at the door, If space in the
church permits, W. N. Sloan,
county chairman, this week
again emphasized the advan
tages of Symphony Society mem
bership.
A membership, he explains,
helps make possible the free
concert for the children; assures
the holder of admission to the
evening concert here; entitles
the holder to attend, without
charge, any of the orchestra's
concerts ? and a number are to
be given In nearby communities;
and membership is only $2,
while a ticket to the single con
cert here is $2.10.
Memberships may be obtained
In Franklin from Mr. Sloan, at
his home In East Franklin, from
Mrs. Betty Alexander at the of
fice of J. H. Stockton in the
Bank of Franklin Building, or
at The Franklin Press. In High
lands, they may be obtained
from Mrs. J. M. Valentine.
The tabernacle seats approxi
mately 1,400, and thus will ac
commodate about 40 per cent
of the elementary children in
Ceutkmed On Page Eight?
New Patrolman
To Report Here For Duty
Tomorrow
C. M. Byrd will report here
tomorrow (Friday) for duty as
state highway patrolman, it was
announced yesterday by Sgt. T.
A. Sandlin at Bryson City.
Mr. Byrd, who has been sta
tioned at Spruce Pine, has been
a member of the highway pa
trol for a number of years. He
Is expected to bring his family
here.
Since the transfer, last month,
of Patrolman Vincent Bryson,
who had been stationed at High
lands, and the suspension, a
fortnight ago, of W. T. Jenkins,
who had been stationed here,
no patrolman has been station
ed in this county.
It was announced In Raleigh
last week that Bryan L. Basden,
who has Just been graduated
from the patrol school at Chapel
Hill, would be sent to Franklin,
hut he h&? been stationed at
Bry?on City Instead, where he
will be given a period of train
ing under experienced officers.
Adage
Didn't Work
This Time
Adages sometimes are mis
leading.
That is the conclusion of T.
H. Fagg, assistant county larm
agent in charge of boys' 4-H
club work; because Mr. Fagg
expected the old saying, "Never
send a boy to do man's work"
to prove true ? and it didn't, In
the case of the Highlands 4-H
ciub.
For sometime the assistant
agent has been debating how
It wou'd be best for the High
lands group to 50 about raising
their share of the $1,000 quota
Macon County 4-H-ers are seek
ing for the- Western North Caro
lina 4-H camp.
Last week he received a re
port that the job he was going
to advise the Highlands young
sters how to do already had
been done.
The club's officers ? Clark
Picklesimer, president, Virginia
Vinson, vice-president, Lois
Potts, secretary, Morris Wilson,
treasurer, and Bobby Potts,
program chairman ? and mem
bers planned and staged a Val
entine carnival in February
which netted them a total of
$87.15 for their camp fund
money.
In completing their report of
the project, the club officers
expressed appreciations to par
ents, teachers and Highlands
business men for cooperation
and donations, which helped to
make the carnival such a suc
cess.
Census Jobs
Examination
Planned Here
Applications for positions as
census enumerators in Macon
County will be received up to
Wednesday of next week, and
applicants will be given an ex
amination later the same week,
it was announced yesterday by
J. Harry Sample, district cen
sus supervisor, whose olflce is
in Asheville.
At the same time Mr. Sample
announced that J. J. Mann, of
Franklin, has been appointed
to a position in the Asheville
office, and already has assumed
his new duties. Mr. Man's title Is
reserve crew leader.
The examination for census
enumerators in this county will
be held at the courthouse neither
Wednesday, Thursday, or Fri
day of next week. Applicants
will be notified by mail which
day, Mr. Sample said.
This county wi'l have 21 enu
merators, who will work under
the direction of Mrs. Mary
Louise Sherrill, crew leader.
While they will be paid on . a
piece-work basis ? so much per
name, per farm, etc. ? it is estl
? Continued On Page Eight?
MOONEY VERT' ILL
C. J. Mooney, Franklin town
derk, yesterday was reported
critically ill at Angel hospital,
suffering from pneumonia with
complications. Mr. Mooney en
tered the hospital last Satur
day.
THREE SCHOOL
BUILDING PLANS
GO TO R ALEIGH
Seek O. K. On Franklin
High, Highlands,
Nantahala
Tentative building plans for
the new high school here and
the new buildings at Highland?
and Nantahala will be presented
to state authorities in Raleigh
today for approval, it was de
cided at Monday's meeting of
the board of education.
Supt. Guy L. Houk showed the
board plans for the Franklin
High school, and explained that
the plans for the Highlands and
Nantahala schools should have
arrived in Franklin from Ron
ald Greene, AsheviUe architect.
| but had not been received. It
j was agreed that individual
members of the board should
| call at his office later to see
I the other two plans; meanwhile.
I the board on motion of Bob
i Sloan, seconded by Frank
i Browning, authorized Mr. Houk
| to go ahead and present the
.three lor approval.
1 Mr. Houk explained that the
Franklin high school plant will
be two stories in height at the
i north end, one story at the
south. On the lower floor the
science laboratories, home eco
nomics department, and lunch
room will be situated, while the
2C classrooms will be qp the
upper floor. Decision has not
been reached as to whether to
put the music department in
the high school building or the
gymnasium - auditorium struc
ture int<^ which it proposed to
transform the present high
school building. I
The structure will be situated
between the present Porter
street, its rear wall being 110
feet from the present elemen
tary school. The entrance to
the new structure will be near
the south end.
The floors, he said, will be !
asphalt tile on concrete s'.ab, !
Continued On Page Eight?
Red Cross
Fund Drive
UnderWay
The 1950 fund drive of the
American Red Cross opened '
here Monday, following an or
ganizational meeting at the
Franklin Presbyterian church
last Friday evening.
Workers throughout the coun
ty seek a total of $2,044. That
figure is approximately 14 per
cent higher than the quota for
last year.
Friday night's gathering of
workers was addressed by the
Rev. C. E. Murray, this year's j
fund chairman for the Macon |
County chapter. Mr. Murray I
stressed the work of the Red
Cross, and emphasized the im
portance of this county's raising
its quota promptly.
Among those who are making
the canvass for Red Cross mem
berships are:
Franklin: Robert R. Gaines,
chairman, William Katenbrink,
T. H. Callahan, Bruce Bryant,
J. L. West, Jr., Mrs. J. Ward
Long, Miss Frances Barr, Mrs.
Continued On Page KI|M ?
OKCMWTRA TO PLAT HIRE MARCH 14? Pictured abov e U the 23-plece North Carolina Uttle Symphony Orchestra,
which will |lv? two performance* here next Tuesday. The fr oup, under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Swalln, will play for
school children at a free matinee at 1:10 p. m. at the Friend ship Tabernacle. The evtnln? concert, for Symphony society
mw4M>M4 ticket holders, la set f or l:lf o'sloe* at th? rra nklln Methodist ehureh.
HEADS C. OF C.
CLAUDE H. BOLTON
BOLTON NAMED
HEAD OF C. OF C.
Meeting Of Merchants
And Chamber Called
For Friday Night
Claude H. Bolton is the new
president of the Franklin Cham
ber of Commerce, succeeding
Frank B. Duncan.
Other new officers are C.
Burrell, vice-president, and B
L. McGlamery, treasurer. The
officers were chosen at a meet
ing of the new and retiring di
rectors last Friday night.
Also marking the meeting was
the decision to /plan a program
of .activities for the year and
set\up a budget to carry It out,
prior to -puking the annual
membership 'tan* ass. Nncned on
a committee to -plan the year's
work and prepare a budget are
Mr. Burrell, Mr. Duncan, L. H.
Page, and J. C. Jacobs, the latter
head of a temporary Franklin
merchants' organization that it
is proposed to merge with the
chamber of commerce.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the
chamber officers and directors
and all interested Macon Coun
ty merchants was called for to
morrow (Friday) night at 7:30
o'clock at the Agricultural build
ing.
At that time the budget com
mittee is expected to make its
report and definite arrange
ments are to be worked out for
a merchants' association com
mittee within the chamber.
Plans also will be discussed and
possibly adopted for setting up
a merchants' credit bureau.
Mr. Bolton, the new president
of the chamber of commerce, is
secretary-treasurer of the Nan
tahala Power & Light company
A native of Badln, he has been
with the Nantahala firm for 20
years, and has made his home
in Franklin since the power
company moved its offices here
from Bryson City In 1937.
Miss Siler Named
To Membership In
National Socisty
Miss Freda Slier, of Frank'in,
student at St. Genevieve of the
Pines, Ashevllle, last Friday was i
Initiated into the National Hon
or Society for secondary schools.
To be eligible for membership,
a student must make average
grades of 90 or better over a
period of time, and then must
be recommended, on a basts of
character and other qualifica
tions, by faculty and student
representatives.
Miss Siler's mother, Mrs. Allen
Slier, accompanied by her other
daughter, Nancy, attended the
Initiation ceremony.
P. T. A. TO MEET
The monthly meeting of the
Cullasaja Parent-Teacher asso
ciation will be held at the school
Tuesday night.
Something New
This issue of The Press con
tains what Is believed to be
the first "double-page spread"
in the history of this news
paper. !
The "spread" ? two pages, i
facing each other, but made I
up is a unit, with no space 1
betwssn? appears on pages 4 1
and I.
PROGRAM CALLS
FOR $200,000
IN EXPANSION
Charlotte Man To Head
Concern; McJCefaey
To Remain Here
merger toe
Western Carolina Telephone
company, which has its head'
quarters in Franklin, with the
Carolina Mountain Telephone
company, whose offices are in
Weavervllle, hare been announc
CQ.
M* P^n, 51 per cent of
toe stock of the local firm Is
lb^g? an? ?rred t0 the Caro"
toa^ Mountain Telephone com
Following the formal transfer
of the stock, which is set for
.n or 1#' the two Xlrms
"U>?PP>y to toe N. C. Utilities
commission for authority to
merge.
Plans of the merged organiza
tion call for a $200,000 expansion
program for the eight-commun
ity area now served by the
Western Carolina Telephone
company.
Mr. Garibaldi, here for con
ferences with officials of the
local telephone firm, said
"fen,rJ Cabe- now president
of the Western Carolina firm
will serve on the board of di
nCt?", of? the merged concern,
w..? J?Usse" E" McKelvey.
Western Carolina general man
ager. Mr. McKelvey also will
continue in the capacity of gen
ien1hSaanreeaer ?f eXChangM
Mr Garibaldi, whose home is
\.W^L accomP*nled to
Franklin by Thomas H. (Ton)
Sawyer, of WeavervUle, execu
tive vice-president of the Caro
lina Mountain firm.
The Carolina Mountain Tele
phone company has a total of
approximately 3.500 telephones
in the nine communities It now
serves ? Weaverville, Marshall.
BurnsviUe. Bakervtlle. Mars Hill
?n?H x?Pl;lng5~Enka- Leicester]
and Marion. The Western Caro
lina Telephone company has a
total of about 2.200 telephones
in the communities of Franklin.
Highlands. Clayton, Cashiers
and?Cherokee,lT8' BryS?n CK*
f l??,er*ed company, there
fore, will be a 5,700- telephone
organi-tlon, which wUl make
it the fifth or sixth largest in
ineThedesUtetelePh0ne C?mpany
The expansion -program In
?x alread' mapped by
the Western Carolina Telephone
company, will be pushed by the
merged firm. It was said
This program calls for instal
lation of the dial telephone sys
tems in Highlands and Clayton
the equipment for which already
is on order.
Dial systems also are planned
D .rys?n clty and Cherokee.
,v. n rr g 10 toe insistence ol
dty board of alder
men that more adequate service
be provided at Cherokee, be
paufe of the annual pageant
that is to be inaugurated there
? Contfaaed On Fage Eight
Commissioners Will
Sit As Equalization
B?inl March 27-29
Members of the county board
of commissioners will sit as a
board of tax equalisation and
review on the last Monday.
Tuesday, and Wednesday In this
month? March J7, 28. and 2? ? it
was announced this week..
On these days the board win
hear complaints of Inequalities
In tax valuation. Persons whs
feel their property Is not cor
cectly valued for taxes are re
quested to appear before the
board at that time.
The Weather
Temperature* tod precipitation for tfe?
paat seven days, and the tow temperatur#
yesterday, as recorded at tb? Oweeta Ka
periment station.
High Low Free.
Wednesday 57 31 l.N
Thursday J7 IS N
Friday 43 IS M
Saturday 43 17 T
Sunday 67 33 M
Monday .. 66 39 M
Tuesday 41 43 N
Wednesday .... 41 J|