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VOL. LXV? NO. 41 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1950
FOURTEEN PAGES
UNITED NATIONS
- DAYPROGRAM1S
PLANNED HERE
Church, School, Civic
Organizations Join
Hands F or Event
A movement for a commun
lty-wide United Nations Day
observance here was launched
this week.
Representatives from various
church, school, and civic organ
izations met Tuesday night in
the directors' room at the Bank
of Franklin, to map plans for
the celebration, scheduled for
October 24.
Mayor Henry W. Cabe pre
sided at the meeting and com
mittees were named to organ
ize and promote the celebra
tion, which is part of a nation
wide affair proclaimed by the
President of the United States.
I, The group voted to hold the
* celebration in the afternoon,
and the Franklin stadium was
tentatively se'.ected as the place
for the program.
Those named on the program
committee are -the Rev. Hoyt
Evans, Mrs. 4. A. Siler, the Rev.
C. E. Murray, Sammy Beck, Miss
Roberta Enloe, and Mrs. Reby
S. Tessier.
Publicity committee members
are Mrs. R. S. Jones, W. N.
Sloan, and J. P. Brady.
The detailed program will be
announced later.
Old G'.ory Now Waves
From New Flag Pole
Old Glory Is showing her col
ors from a new 56-foot flag
pole in front of the post of
fice building.
The new pole, which was put
up last Thursday, replaces the
old color yardarm on top of the
building.
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The town marshal has had
two arrests to make this week
on account of too much tangle
foot.
Hon. H. G. Ewart delivered an
address yesterday to a small
sized audience in the court
House. About half the people in
town remained on the outside.
While his speech was fair and
free from the bitterness and
slush usually indulged in by
Republican speakers, it had but
little influence anyway. The
people are growing weary of so
much political speaking and do
not care to hear it.
Mr. J. C. Wright took a little
trip around a portion of the
world the latter part of the
week, visiting Sapphire, Brevard
and Waynesville. He returned
home Saturday.
25 YEARS AGO
The Electrical Constructors
company, who began work on
Franklin's municipal power dam
on April 13th, closed the last
outlet in the dam Thursday and
thus Lake Emory, covering 225
acres, will become a reality in
only a few days.
Mr. W. G. Barker of Lakey
creek settlement was in town
last Monday assisting Mr. Jess
Lakey in taking care of a large
owl that had been captured.
The owl was left in The Press
office for a while, but its fight
ing proclivities drove the editor
out until the bird was taken
away.
Prof. Bramlelt is to be con
gratulated on his efforts to
establish discipline at the Frank
lin school.
10 YEARS AGO
Funeral services for Bard
i Moses Angel, 91, life-long resi
dent of Macon county, were
held on Saturday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the 8ugarfork
Baptist church.
About 4 o'clock last Saturday
morning a store and all the
contents belonging to Abe Led
ford was destroyed by fire.
Dr. A. P. Hassell, of Kobe,
Japan, missionary to Japan
since 1909, spoke to an atten
tive and interested audience at
the local Presbyterian church on
Wednesday evening.
16 Of 26
Given Preinduction Tests
Pass
The local draft board has an
nounced that 16 of the 28 men
who went to Charlotte October
5 for preinduction examinations
passed th? prescribed tests.
( The group was the second one
called from this county. The
first group of 30 men was sent
to Charlotte September 7.
As yet, W. N. Sloan, chair
man of the board, said on call
for Induction has been received,
but one is expected soon.
FRANKLIN HIGH
TO PLAY SYLVA
FRIDAY NIGHT
Cheer Leaders, Band
Will Accompany
Panthers
The Franklin High Panthers,
nine comely cheerleaders, and
the entire Franklin schoo'
band, are scheduled to invade
Jackson county tomorrow (Fri
day) night, where the Panthers
will meet a strong Sylva eleven
on the gridiron at 8 o'clock.
The aggregation is making
the trip over the Cowees in an
effort to keep the Panthers in
the ranks of the undefeated in
the Smoky Mountain conference,
and all three units of the
Franklin school have been put
ting in overtime practicing for
the coming event.
The Panthers, who had a
breather last week with no game
scheduled, have been hard at
practice all week and should
be in the pink of condition for
the game. John (Bardy) Arch
er, Franklin's snappy backfield
general who missed the Hayes
ville game two weeks ago be
cause of a chipped bone in his
thumb, "WOrtttd wit this week
and should be In the starting
lineup tomorrow night.
Reports Indicate that Sylva
may have a "surprise" in store
for the Panthers. Three Sylva
footballers, Charles Cunning
ham, Verlin Enloe, and Harold
Elders, were placed on the in
eligible roster at the beginning
of the season, but have now
been penned in on the eligible
list again.
The possibility of a surprise
is realized in the Panther line
up and most of the boys are
working hard at it so the "sur
prise" won't be surprising should
it come.
Thus far, the Panthers have
played three conference games,
winning against Andrews and
Cherokee, and tying, 7-7, with
Hayesville.
Sylva has four games under
its belt, two of them wins, and
a like number of losses.
Mingled in with the slapping
of leather on the practice field
all week have been the voices
of Franklin high cheer-leaders,
splintering the air with old and
new yells that should keep the
Panthers hustling during the
game. The young ladies have
plenty of peppy yells in store
for attending football fans.
And the Franklin high band
has been shouldering the grind
stone in the line of marching
music and precision drilling.
Under the able baton of Sammy
Beck, the band, In their new
uniforms, will entertain at half
time.
Fire
Destroys Claude Crisp
Home At Gneiss
The home of Claude Crisp at
Oneiss burned to the ground
Thursday afternoon after ef
forts made by Mrs. Crisp to
extinguish the blaze proved fu
tile.
Mrs. Crisp and her baby were
the only ones at .home when the
fire started, it has been learn
ed, and she tried to put out
the blaze by carrying water
from a near by spring.
It is believed that sparks
from a cook stove landed on
the roof and set the wooden
shingles on fire.
Mr. Crisp, a farmer and log
ger, said he bought the house
two years ago but that it, and
the furniture in the house, has
not quite been paid for. Most
of the family's clothes were
burned also.
The family Is temporarily liv
ing with Mr. Crisp's sister, Mrs.
Mabel Thomas, of Ontiss.
HAS NARROW
ESCAPE WHEN
TRUCKWRECKS
Medlin's Head Caught
Between Door And
Truck Body
Two .men were injured, one of
them narrowly escaping death,
and a third escaped unharmed
when a lumber truck, the prop
erty of Carter Lumber company,
overturned twice and rol'ed
down an embankment at the
Thomas curve, at the east end
of the Franklin airport, on the
Highlands road, Tuesday after
noon.
The Rev. Judd Medlin, about
50, driver of the truck, was
pinned in the wreckage, and
after being freed was taken to
Angel hospital by ambulance.
Officials at the hospital said
he suffered crushing injuries to
the chest an? lacerations of the
face and head.
Witnesses said that Mr. Med
lin's head was wedged between
the door and the body of the
truck. Miraculously, the frame
of the vehicle was so twisted as
to keep the door from closing
completely on his head. The
back of his head, they said,
wao half emersed in a smal!
creek at the bottom of the em
bankment.
By using a jack to raise the
truck, W. R. Carter, owner of
the vehicle, said he and some
employes from Burrell Motor
company were able to free the
injured man.
Arthur Hall, Negro, an em
ploye of the lumber company,
received treatment for cuts and
bruises at Angel clinic and was
released soon after.
The third occupant of the
truck, Allie Webb, was not in
jured. He said they were tak
ing a load of lumber to his
home on Palmer road and that
the accident happened so fast
he did not know what caused it.
The truck, a 1948 Chevrolet,
was badly damaged, but Mr.
Carter said it was covered by
insurance.
Franklin P. T. A.
To Honor Teachers
At Meeting Monday
A meeting of the Franklin
Parent-Teacher association will
be held Monday night at 7:30
at the school, it has been an
nounced.
Highlighting the meeting will
be a tea and reception for new
teachers and parents, following
a short program.
Miss Roberta Enloe, Franklin
high school teacher, will speak
on "The United Nations, Our
Hope for World Peace," and the
devotional will be conducted by
Miss Esther Wallace.
HEALTH MONEY HERE
Money for the county school
health program has been re
ceived, to be used for corrective
treatment among children in the
county school system, Mrs. Elo
ise H. Potts, county welfare su
perintendent, announced this
week.
DRUNKS LOSE LICENSES
Drunken driving accounted for
662 of the violations which end
ed in revocation or suspension
of driver's licenses during Sep
tember, the North Carolina De
partment of Motor Vehicles has
reported.
Another White Mole,
Rare Phenomenon, Is
Discovered In Area
Another freak mole, slightly
deceased, with a white under
side and light tan body, was
brought to The Press office
this week by Lee Mason, who
plowed It up along with some
Irish potatoes on his farm in
the Mason's Branch section.
Little "rigor mortis" is on
display in the office wixiow
and interested persons should
hasten to see it, as it won't
be long before office person
nel will forced to see that it
joins the trash in the nearest
garbage can.
This is the second albino
(colorless) mole discovered in
this section ' within the past
three weeks. Albinoism in an
imals is said to occur only
once in every 10,000 cases.
Of Boxing,
Wrestling
Twenty-four rounds o f boxing
and a wrestling match will
king-pin a benefit show, the
proceeds of which will go to the
Franklin school tjand, In the
Franklin High school auditor
ium, Saturday night, beginning
at 8 o'clock.
Topping the night's program
will be a "grunt and groan"
wrestling exhibition between
Chief Saunooke, Cherokee In
dian, and Wallace Martin,
Franklin, High school teacher.
The chief and the teacher
both have Impressive records in
the line of sports, and from all
indications fans will get their
money's worth from the two
grapplers.
Chief Saunooke tips the scales
at 350 pounds and has been a
professional wrestler for 16
years running. Such notahes in
the "grunt and groan" field to
bow to the Chief's ha.mmer
locks and scissors holds Include
"Strangler" Lewis, Jim Londis,
"Man Mountain"" Dean, and a
chubby individual known as
"The Blimp", who moves the
arrow on the scales to 640
pounds.
Recent victories for the Chief
were Tony Galento, the tavern
owner who tried to unseat Joe
Lewis for the heavy weight box
ing crown, J|ns__23, 1939, and
Primo Camera.
Mi Martin's accomplishments
include four years of college
football, three years of college
wrestling, and he taught hand
to-hand combat in the navy
during the war. He wl'.l weigh
in at 280 pounds for the tussle
with the Chief.
On the boxing card for the
night, Ray Cline and Benny
Robinson, of Bryson City, will
square off in, the 135-pound
class; Buddy Arch, of Cherokee,
and Ben Dillard, of Sylva, will
vie for honors in the 150-pound
class; "Grease" Cunningham, of
Sylva, and Franklin's own Bo
Norton will swap leather in the
175-pound class. Heavyweights
Jack (Lard) Cunningham, of
Sylva, and Herb (Bear) Lam
bert, of Cherokee, will waltz
for the tonnage bout.
The high school band will
play between bouts, and other
small boxing tiffs are scheduled
for the night, including a fight
between Danny Angel, of Frank
lin, and an unnamed fighter.
LOAD OF sua
FQRNANTAIIAIA
SCHOOL COMES
Excavation Is Started
At East Franklin
Site
A truckload of structual stsel
has been delivered to the ne m
, Nantahala school and wo k on
, the building is progressing rap
idly, Guy L. Houk, county school
superintendent, announced this
week.
Although the foundation at
! the school had been completed,
construction at the tchooi slow
ed to a standstill because prom
ised steel deliveries were not
being received.
Mr. Houk said that excavation
on the site of the new East
Franklin elementary school was
begun last week, in preparation
for pouring concrete footings,
and a construction shack, to
house equipment, is being erect
ed at Franklin high school.
Work on the Highlands school
should begin soon, Mr. Houk
said, if contractors are able to
obtain materials.
Many Enlist
In Crusade
Of Freedom
While no figures were avail
able yesterday, Henry W. Cabe,
Macon County chairman, said
much interest has been shown
in the Crusade for Freedom,
and indications are that many
persons are signing the Free
do.m Scrolls here.
Scrolls have been placed at
the Bank of Franklin, the Ma
con Theatre, the Nantahala
Power and Light company, the
Van Raalte plant, the Zlckgraf
Hardwood company plant, and
in a number of the schools, Mr.
Cabe said.
Persons interested in the free
life of the west, as contrasted
with Communism, are invited to
enlist in the Crusade for Free
dom in either or both of two
ways ? by signing the Freedom
Scrolls as a symbol of their
faith in democracy, and by con
tributing to the fund with which
Radio Free Europe is operated.
Radio Free Europe seeks to
break down the Iron Curtain
by broadcasting the truth about
life in America and the other
demoracies, and beaming those
broadcasts to the peoples be
hind the Iron Curtain. It is de
signed to supplement the work
on the government-operated
Voice of America.
The Freedom Scro'.ls are to be
gathered, at the end of the
campaign, and sent to Berlin to
go into the building on which
the Freedom Bell, which is now
touring the tounrty, will be
placed.
Plans call for closing the
campaign Saturday, and Mr.
Cabe urged all interested per
sons to sign the scrolls and
make such contributions as they
wish this week.
ATTEND ROAD MEET
C. Gordon Moore and George
Byrd attended the State High
way Employes Association con
vention in Greensboro Thurs
day through Saturday of last
week.
WILL SPEAK HERE
REP. KEDDZN
Mr. Redden, 12th district rep
resentative in congress, will ad
dress a Democratic rally at the
courthouse here Saturday night.
The program is set to start at
8 o'clock.
Symphony's
Membership
Drive Opens
The annua! membership cam
paign of the N. C. Symphony
Society in this county was
launched Tuesday.
The appearances here each
spring of the N. C. Little Sym
phony orchestra are financed
! through memberships. The or
chestra each year gives an eve
ning performance for members
1 and a free matinee for school
i children. The latter usually is
held at Friendship tabernacle,
since it has a greater seating
capacity than any other audi
torium here.
Even before the drive opened,
a number of regular $2 mem
berships had come In unsolicit
ed, Miss Laura M. Jones, cam
| palgn chairman, said. In addi
' tlon, she said, several persons
have volunteered to take donor
memberships of $25 or more.
A meeting of workers was held
| at Miss Jones' home on the
Georgia road Monday evening
I to lay iinal plans for the cam
paign.
Mrs. John H. C. Perry and
Mrs. Allen Si'er are campaign
co-chairmen in Highlands and
] Franklin, respectively. The Sym
phony organization here is
headed by E. J. Carpenter, pres
ident.
When the Little Symphony
plays here next spring, it will be
its sixth annual appearance in
Franklin, the first concerts hav
ing been given in 1946.
Baptist Ministers Will
Meet On Monday Morning
The Macon County Baptist
Ministers conference will be held
Monday morning at 10 o'clock at
the First Baptist church here.
^"LAN FOOD SALE
The Auxiliary of St. Agnes
Episcopal church will hold its
monthly benefit bake and food
sale at the Children's Shop to- |
morrow (Friday I, starting at 9
a. m.
Driver's license examiners is
sued a total of 36,924 licenses
during September, the North
Carolina Department of Motor
Vehicles has reported.
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MACON PICTURE SENT OVER STATE ? Above is a reproduction of a photograph of Macon
County children and a Macon County school bus that was sent all over the state this year in the litera
ture of the N. C. Symphony Society. The photograph was made here the afternoon of a X. C. Symphony
orchestra free children's concert. Note the words, "Macon County", on the bus, which was used to trans
port children to and from the performance.
POLITICAL FIRE
IN THIS COUNTY
BEGINSTOBURN
Registration To Start
Saturday ; Redden
Will Speak
Smouldering political fires be
gan to crackle this week m
Macon County as the biennial
general election approached.
The Democrats plan a county
wide rally at the courthouse
Saturday night, that meeting
following a cowee township
rally held Friday evening of
last week.
Meanwhile, registration for
the November 7 election will
start Saturday.
i we icgiatiitis ui one vanuua
precincts will be at the polling
places for the registration of
voters from 9 a. m. to sunset
three Saturdays ? October 14,
October 21, and October 28.
Persons whose names are not
on the registration books and
who are unable to get to the
polling places on a Saturday
may register other days between
now and October 28 by seeing
the registrar of* their precinct
at his home or place of employ
ment, Siler Slagle, chairman of
the Macon County board of
elections, explained.
Mr. Slagle urged all those
eligible to vote who are not
registered to get their names
on the books without delay, and
suggested that any person who
is not sure he is registered get
in touch with his registrar to
make sure.
A number of applications
have been received for absentee
ballots for men in the armed
forces, he said, adding that
those who wish absentee ballots
for members of their fami'les
in service should file applica
tions promptly, since the ballot
must be sent to the serviceman
and returned to Franklin In
time to reach here by or before
the day of the election.
Following the close of regis
tration, Challenge Day will be
observed November 4, the Sat
urday before the election, which
falls on Tuesday.
Monroe M. Redden, of Hend
ersonvil!e, this (the twelfth)
congressional district's repre
sentative in congress, will be
the chief speaker at Saturday
night's Democratic rally, Jess
Shope, county Democratic chair
man, announced.
The program, which will start
at 8 o'clock, is open to the gen
eral public, and voters from
over the county are invited to
attend, Mr. Shope said.
More than 50 Democrats at
tended the rally at Cowee last
Friday night.
Milton Fouts, recently elect
ed township president, presided
and presented the following
candidates to the group: Harry
Thomas, Democratic nominee
for the office of sheriff; Miss
Kate McGee, the party's choice
to serve as clerk of the super
ior court; C. Tom Bryson. can
didate for representative; and
Lake V. Shope, for register of
deeds.
Following the introduction of
candidates, a short talk was
made by Bob Sloan, county
president of the Young Demo
crat club.
Smith Infant Funeral
Services Held Monday
Funeral services for Ernest
Lee Smith, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Smith, of Frank
lin, who died Monday, were held
Tuesday morning at the Tellico
Baptist church.
Temperature* and precipitation for the
>jst seven days, and the low tem|>eratur?
yesterday, as recorded at the?Coweeta Ex
?eriment station. <
Wednesday 36 00
FRANK UN RAINFALL
'As recorded by Martson S'iles for TV A)
Wednesday, none; Thursday,
none; Friday, none; Saturday,
none; Sunday, none; Monday,
.18; Tuesday, none; Wednesday,
none.
The Weather
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Wednesday
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