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{ft* Higblanfel Mwoniatt Price 6 Cents mWBJW, It. C? THURSDAY, SEPT. 81, 1950 TWELVE PAGES coRBrrr will BE HISTORICAL ' MEET SPEAKER Public Invited To Hear N. C. Authority At Session Oct. 3 D. L. Corbitt, of the N. C. Department of Archives and History, will be guest speaker at a public meeting of the Ma ?V eon County Historical society October 3. Mr. Corbitt, who Is considered an excellent speaker, has been with the department since 1924, and now heads Its division of publications. He is the author of a number of books. The meeting, to be held at 8 p. m., will be the annual session of the society's membership^ but Miss Laura M. Jones, presi dent, emphasized that all per sons interested in Macon Coun ty history and its preservation ^ are Invited. At the conclusion of * -the program, officers for the coming year will be named by the membership. Also planned as a feature of the program Is a display of Wedgwood ware. Since the marker near the spot where Macon County clay was dug for Wedgwood nearly 300 years ago was unveiled only recently, Miss Jones pointed out, there Is much interest in the subject, and persons here having pieces of Wedgwood are invited to bring them for display. The place of the meetihg will be announced later. Miss Jones said. Mr. Corbitt, a native of Pitt county, in this state, is a grad uate of the University of North Carolina, and Joined the Depart ment of Archives and History 20 years ago. During that pe riod, he has edited and pub lished a volume on the letters and papers of each of North Carolina's governors stnce 1921, and written a number of j re views, pamphlets, and other books. His latest publication, which came from the press In July, is "Formation ot North Carolina Counties". He will be accompanied to Franklin by Mrs. Corbitt. He and Mrs. Corbitt, who was a Siler, of Chatham county, and has many relatives here, have visited in Franklin a number of times. BOARD TO CLOSE The local draft board will be closed all day September 27 ao that draft board officials can attend a selective service meet ing in Asheville, W. N. Sloan, board chairman, has announced. Do You Remember . . .* ? (Looking backward through the files of The Pretn) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The Franklin Furniture com pany was called upon to furn ish four coffins within 24 hours last week, all for women who ? died , Wednesday and Wednes day night. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. King's New Life Pills. These pills change weakness in to strength, listlessness Into energy, brain-fag into mental power. Only 25 cents a box. Sold f by F. T. Smith. ? Adv. 25 YEARS AGO """ Those who have seen in other towns the show "Mutt and Jeff in Havana" report that it is exceedingly funny. This show will be in Franklin at the ball grounds on September 22, one night only. ? Adv. Mr. Joe Ashear, one of Frank lin's most progressive and wide awake citizens, has purchased the corner on the square known as Trotter corner, where Mr. A. f*. Epps is now in .business. 10 YEARS AGO A 10-inch muskellunge ? the first one reported this season ? was caught by Bill Moore below the dam at Lake Emory Mon day afternoon. Handicapped by lack of heavy practice due to the late arrival of uniforms, Franklin High's Red Panthers will open the gridiron season here Friday against Long Creek (8. C.) Academy at 2:10 p. m. 85 Macon Young People Off To Attend College Approximately 85 Macon Coun ty young men and women this winter will attend colleges, uni versities and schools all over the country, as far north as New York, south to Florida, east to the North Carolina coast, and west to California. Most of them already have embarked on the 1950-51 schol astic year. The University of North Caro lina, N. C. State col'ege, and Western North Carolina Teach er's college are receiving the largest numbers of the college goers from this county, but col leges all over the United States will have representatives from Macon County. Following Is a list compiled by The Press 'of those attending coreges, school, and untyersities. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: T. W. Angel, III, Methodists ? r* Go To Annual Conference In Atheville Ministers and delegates from Macon County left yesterday (Wednesday) to attend the an nual conference of the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist church, being held at the Central Methodist church in Ashevllle, Wednesday through Saturday. The Rev. C. E. Murray and T. W. Porter represent the Franklin and Carson Chapel churches; the Rev. L. C. Stevens and Lamar Bradley, Macdn cir cuit; Mrs. R. H. Hull, West Ma con circuit; the Rev. D. B. Mar tin and Miss Catherine Norton, Franklin circuit. Among those to attend from the Highlands-Cashiers charge are the Rev. Robert E. Early, pastor, Mrs. Curt Wilson, presi dent of the Women's Society of Christian Service, J. H. 8mith, Mrs. Minnie Cole, Mrs. Robert E. Early, and Haze Edwards, president of the Methodist Youth FenowaMp, Swalins Will Give Concert In Hollands Dr. Benjamin Swalin, director of the North Carolina Sym phony orchestra, and Mrs. Swal in will give a free public con cert In Highlands Wednesday evening of next week. The announcement was made this week by Mrs. John H. C. Perry, Highlands Symphony so ciety chairman. The Macon branch of the society sponsors the annual membership cam paigns which makes possible the orchestra's concerts here each spring. The Swalin concert will be held at the Highlands school auditorium at 8:15, and Mrs. Perry emphasized that there will be no admission charge, and that the general public is Invited. She expressed the hope that a large delegation from Franklin wifi be present. Dr. Swalin Is a violinist, Mrs. Swalin a pianist. Their program has not been announced. Dental Operation Required Before Piggies Can Dine Ninety-six teeth under a ' pillow should have netted quite a sum of money from the "good fairy" ? assuming, of course, that pics have good fairies. But in this CMC 12 little porkers belonging to Harold T. Sloan, of Franklin, seemed willing, to give up eight teeth apiece Just to get a seat at the dinner table. Mr. Sloan said that each little pig waa born wtih eight raxor-sharp teeth and the I mother sow refused to nurse 1 them, feeling, no doubt, that I M teeth were too much for ! even a proud mother pig to bear. So Mr. Sloan and George Hunnicutt, armed with clip pers, moved in and pared1 the ivories down. But still the old sew refused to nurse. The two men then cut the N teeth down to the gums. Now aU la serene . . . soup's Mil Bob Myers, Dean Henson, John Flanagan, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Patton, James Furr, Fred West. Andrew Patton, and' Hall' Callahan. State CoHege, Raleigh: Lewis Penland, Tom Setser, Max Raby, James Patterson, Hayes Gregory, Kenneth Welch, Fredrick Slagle, Bob Tlppett, and Sam Alex ander. Western Caro'lna Teachers college, Cullowhee: Misses Anne Cabe and Ruth Angel, Joe Wil son, Misses Dorothy Raby, Iris Cabe and Ruth West, Alvln Stiles, and Misses Hazel Moses and Phyllis Moses. Womans college, University of North Carolina, Greensboro: Misses Helen Wilson, Patricia Landrum, Lucille Hannah, and Joyce Burnette. Wake Forest college : Miss Continued On Face Eight? F. Waldroop Dies; Rites Held Monday Funeral services for Frank Waldroop, 60, a native and former resident of the Car toogechaye community, who died Friday morning at Juno Beach, Fla., following a week's illness, were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Frank lin Presbyterian church. Burial was in the Franklin cemetery. Officiating were the Rev. Hoyt Evans, the Rev. C. B. Yeargan, and the Rev. J. Q. Wallace. Born April 1, 1890, the son of the late Lee and Mrs. Betty Leach Waldroop, Mr. Waldroop for the past four years had been a construction superinten dent for the Fred Howland Construction company, of Mi ami, fla. He moved from Macon Coun ty when he was about 20 years old and had lived In Florida most of the time since. He was married to Mrs. Myrtle Redding in 1939. She died in 1949. Mr. Waldroop was a member of the Masonic order. Pallbearers were L. B. Phil lips, Joe Setser, John L. Wal droop, Carl 8. Slagle, Ben Har rison, and Jim Cunningham. Surviving are four brothers, William R., Charles and Harold Waldroop, all of Franklin, Route 1, and Fred Waldroop, of At lanta, Ga.; a sister, Mrs: Hal Slagle, of Randle, Wash., and four step-children, Clarence Redding, of Sanford, Fla., Mrs. Thelma Wolfley, of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. BUI Gee, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Jimmy Redding, of Ocala, Fla. Bryant Funeral home was in charge or arrangements. PANTHERS LICK ANDREWS HIGH BY 264) SCORE 2,000 See Opening Game Of 1950 Gridiron Season # The Franklin High Panthers unleased a fancy air and ground attack and strafed an underdog, but game, Andrews eleven, 26-0 on the local grid iron last Friday night. The game was the first of the 1950-51 football season for the Panthers, and an estimated 2, 000 football fans were on hand for an on-the-spot analysis of , what the Atkins men are going to have in store for opponents in the Smoky Mountain con- ; ference. The Panthers divided their game and made a touchdown in each of the four quarters. Although the game was a little ane-sided, fans saw some fine football on the part of both teams, with the Andrews foot ballers scrapping all T>f the way. But the Panthers came on the field under a full head of steam, and a first string of seniors proved to be too much for the younger and Inexperienced An drews team. The highlight of the game | was a 55-yard run made by j Back Bobby Potts in the fourth quarter behind some beautiful I down-field blocking, After the flip of the coin, the j Panthers received and started I | a march that ended in pay dirt. I Frank L. (Nink) Henry, III, 1 tucked the kickoff away and moved the ball to the 40. Pat Pattillo snared a short pass and j moved on to the 45. Charles Shields took the ball twice and pushed over the mid-stripe for a first down. A combination Bo Norton-John Archer venture took the ball to the 15, and Henry skirted the toft side for the first talley. The extra point was no good. The Panthers dipped into the scoring bag again in the sec ond quarter when Shields tuck ed in a pitchout and rammed 15 yards to the stripe for the second six points. The try to make it seven points again fail ed. Again in the third quarter the Franklin players went on an ex tended march down the field. Taking the ball on the 30, Bo Norton went around right end for 15 yards, Archer flipped to Pattillo for 20 more, Bo Norton chugged through left tackle for 15 more yards, and Jack Nor ton caught a short pass from Archer on his fingertips and stumbled his way across for the touchdown. Potts bucked the line for the extra point. The only time Andrews threat- ? ened was in the fourth quarter when Coach Milburn Atkins be gan clearing the Panther bench Continued On Pace Eight? ' War Shortages Could By J. P. BRADY I Korea! The word scexna to | have furnished the magical j "open sesame" for a general rise in prices, and also released strange little "shortage grem lins" into an economy that is going full steam and producing plenty for all. The undercur rents of the Korean war and ramifications involved in an omnipresent feeling that World War III is in the making haven't been confined to the metropo'- 1 itan and industrial areas of th? United States. The effects of the "little war" are hitting hom-> in Macon County, in general, j and in Franklin, in particular. : Sudden price advances and rather strange "shortages" are rearing their ugly heads here, i without apparent provocation. There are no sure answers as to why, only guesses. Since the start of the Korean 1 j! Why? Be Chiseling' war many Franklin merchants have been noticing changes in the delivery of merchandise. Order blanks are coming back marked "sorry, can't fill", al though high sources In the gov ernment say there is plenty for all since industry in this coun try is at peak production. If it's peak production, then why are those lltt'.e shortage gremlins popping up in most of our local stores? On the home front people who buy up goods in anticipation of things being hard to get are guilty of hoarding. On higher, levels m the manufacturing end of business they have a nicer sounding word for the same thing, "inventory accumulation." The v Korean war evidently touched off a wave of "inven tory accumulation". It is a known fact that a manufactur Con tinned Ckn Page Eight? ATKINS SPEAKS AT P. T. A. MEET Says Character Building Major Purpose Of Sports The primary purpose of the Franklin High school football team Is not to win games, but to develop character and emo tional stability in the players. Coach Milburn Atkins told the Franklin Parent-Teacher asso ciation at Its first meeting of the school year Monday evening at the school. While he likes to win games, Mr. Atkins said, defeats, when they come, are a part of a boy's preparation for the hard knocks sure to come later in life. He emphasized that football teaches a boy to face harsh reality, to meet responsibility, to cooperate with others, to have respect for opponents, and not to run away from difficulty or even danger. He remarked that, since he has been in Franklin, the local team has faced elevens on which there were players who had been In high school as much as eight years; the aver age age of the Franklin team, he added, is lS'/i years. In dis cussing this situation, he said, "we've been run over, but we don't run away from anybody". He emphasized that a Franklin player must pass his work to | stay on the team. The Frank lin players, he said, "are the cleanest bunch of boys I've seen in a long time." Other features of the pro gram were a talk by Principal R. G. Sutton, who stressed the "moral force" a football team must have, the introduction of the year's P. T. A. committees by Mrs. Allen Siler, association Continued On Pa*e Eight Vote Board's Office Will Be Kept Open The Macon County board of elections office hereafter will be open from 9 a. m. to noon on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days, and from 9 to 1 on Sat urdays, it was announced this week by Siler Slagle, chairman. A representative of the board will be on hand in the register of deeds office at those times to receive applications for absentee ballots for men in the armed forces. Absentee ballots for service men should be forwarded with out delay, Mr. Slagle pointed out, adding that any member of the family of a serviceman may apply for the ballots. Meanwhile, the registration books for the November 7 gen eral election will open October 14. The registrar in each of the county's 12 precincts will be at the precinct polling place on that date and on the two fol lowing Saturdays ? October 21 and 28. Persons who wish to register other days in the week can do so by seeing the regis trars at their places of business or their homes. Saturday, November 4, will be challenge day. Un'ess there are resignations, the same registrars and judges who served at the primary elec tion will conduct the general election, the board chairman said. Those appointed just prior to the primary were named for two-year terms, he explained. PLAN BAKE SALE St. Agnes Episcopal church monthly bake and food sale will be held tomorrow (Friday) at The Children's Shop, starting at 9 a. m. MIXING 'EM UP? In High Panthers, after Full! the second one lor the Iocs the picture above, the official (far left) signals a touchdown for the Franklin jack Charles Shields crosses the goal line on a pitch out. The touchdown was 1 team in their opening game of the season with Andrews Friday night. HOSPITAL WILL OPEN OCTOBER 2 AT HIGHLANDS Will Operate As Clinic , For Present; Retain Dr. Townsend Highlands' community hospit al will open as a clinic October 2. Dr. Charles E. Townsend has been retained to maintain the clinic and serve the community on a year-around basis, ac cording to a statement this week by the board of trustees of Highlands Community Hos pital, Inc. The statement said the announcement was "made with pride", and that the open ing had been made possible through the cooperation, finan cial contributions, and dona tions of materials and labor by residents and friends of the Highlands community. Although the building will be operated as a clinic, probably for several years, it was design ed to benefit the entire com i munity by providing modern medical facilities, and will have four bedrooms fully equipped, an up-to-date laboratory, X-ray equipment, nursery, maternity room and emergency operating room, the statement said. The clinic has been designated as the "Mabel E. Hays Clinic" in honor of the sister of Miss Eva O. Cleaveland, donor of the property on which the building is erected. In announcing that it has re tained Dr. Townsend, the board of trustees remarked that "we j feel that we are most fortun I ate in obtaining the services of Dr. Townsend, a native of Miss issippi, who was born and rais ed fn a village not as large as Highlands." Dr. Townsend is ex pected to arrive next week. Before accepting the post as physician for the Highlands i community, Dr. Townsend was physician for the Esso Stand ard Oil company in Baton Rouge, La. His family consists of his wife, who is a registered nurse, and their small son, Mike. Dr. Townsend is a graduate of Northwestern university med ical school, with a well qualified background of specialized train ing and practice, S. C. Russell, j chairman of the board, said. He I served his internship at Cook ; County hospital in Chicago, spent 28 months in the U. S. Navy Medical corps, with 18 months' service in hospitals in the South Pacific, where he at tended both native and navy ; personnel. He served six months I in Chelsea Naval hospital, and [ six months as resident doctor at j Colorado State hospital, special izing in internal medicine. His experience includes general medicine, obstetrics, X-ray, and minor surgery. 14 Of 21 Macon Men Pass Army Exam.; .Names Withheld The local draft board has an nounced that 14 of the 21 men who went to Charlotte last Thursday for pre-induction ex aminations passed the tests. W. N. Sloan, chairman of the board, said Selective Service laws allow the men 21 days grace to settle their affairs be fore induction into the army. The names of the 14 men who passed will not be made public, he said, since pre-lnduc tion examination is only a pre liminary step and the men are not officially in the army. However, Mr. Sloan said the names of the men would be re leased when they are ordered to report for induction. Slagle P. T. A. To Hold Meeting Next Wednesday The Slagle Parent-Teacher as sociation will hold its first meeting of the year at the school Wednesday of next week at 2 p. m., Mrs. Bryan Setser, president, has announced. The Weather FRANKLIN RAINFALL (A? recorded by Minson S'ile# for TVA) Wednesday, none; Thursday, none; Friday, .11 of an Inch; Saturday, none; Sunday, trace; Monday, .03; Tuesday, none; Wednesday, none.
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