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?***? ?? iJ'ji,' 'A W ' ? I fit Itigfjiantp Xwmtitt Price 6 Cents vat. tatv?No. 5t FRANKLIN, N. C, SATURDAY, DEC. M, 1950 TWELVE PAGES MACON COUNTY IS IN DEFENSE ZONE'S CENTER Air Traffic In Area Around Oak Ridge j Is Restricted fctacon Coun y Is almost In' the center of an Air "Defense Identification Zone set up around the atomic energy plant at Oak Ridge, Tenn., as a part of. .this country's defense pro gram. Air Defense Identification ZOnes (ADIZ) are being set up aTOund strategic areas in the United Sates, and Macon Coun ty and most of Western North Carolina, as far east as Ashe vflle, fall within the zone sur rounding Oak Ridge. The zoning will require' all civilian planes entering and fly In"? within a zone to file flight plans. The zones are designated by the administrator of civil aerohaiitlcs. The restricted area around the Tennessee atomic plant covers portions of Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, and 'Georgia, in addition to the western part of North Carolina and approximately half of Ten nessee. - According to information re cenred here, the new regulations are effective upon publication1 in- the federal register, and put Into action provisions of Exe cutive Order No. 10197, which wpe signed by President Tru man December 20. .''Fhe filing of flight plans and position reports in the restrict ed. Sreas is necessary, so that th* ! Air Force can recognize friendly aircraft, Donald W. Ny roy,.. administrator of Civil Aero nautics, said. When asked this week if he had received any official com muniques concerning the filing of flight plans, Bill Willoughby, manager of the Franklin air port, said, "the only official ward I have received thus far bas been not to fly over the Qak Ridge plant." He atided that the local alr pojrt has been surveyed for mil itary and civilian defense pur poses and that all of the planes at, the field have been listed with the civilian defense ad ministration for use at any time. ' FLAN STUDENT NIGHT The First Baptist church here will hold a "Student Night Pro gram" Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. College students and high school seniors will be in. charge of the program, imme diately following the evening service, a "progressive party" will be given for college stu dents and high school seniors. The party will take place In the hymes of Mrs. J. H. Stockton, Mrs* Charles Bradley, Mrs. Prelo tDryman, Mrs. John Archer, and Mrs. Alfred Higdon. The Fifth Sunday Singing convention will be held at the courthouse here, starting at 10 a., m., tomorrow (Sunday), It has been announced by J. M. Rahy, president. The general ? public Is Invited, Mr. Raby said. Wilhides, Hines, Angels Winners Of First 3 Places In Yule Lighting Contest By artistically capturing the spirit of Christmas with out door decorations, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wllhlde's home In East Franklin also captured first place In the second annual home outdoor Christmas deco ration contest sponsored by the Franklin Garden club last Sat urday evening. Second place honors went to Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Hines, who displayed a nativity scene, col orfully realistic, in their garage at the side of their home on ? Green street. Mr. Hines is principal of the Negro school here. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Angel, Jr., were adjudged third best in the contest, which found the judges [ having difficult decisions to | make because of the commun ity's more than gratifying re sponse in competitive decora tions. Judges were Mrs. E. S. Pur dom, W. L. Nothstein, and Mrs. S. H. Lyle, Jr. Mrs. Lyle said they were very impressed with the nativity scene at the Hines home, and discussed awarding first place to the scene, which actually i portrayed the spirit of Christ mas in a much stronger vein than any of the other entries. However, she said, Mr. and | Mrs. Wllhlde's display was more In line with the contest limita tions, since the judges were asked to judge on the basis of outdoor Christmas decorations. The nativity scene, Mrs. Lyle pointed out, would have been difficult to duplicate by other contestants since it must have taken a great deal of time to arrange the scene. Mr. and Mrs. Wllhlde's win ning display artistically showed Santa Claus standing on the Jan. 1 Mests Of 4 Boards Are Put Off Meetings of the Franklin board of aldermen, board of county commissioners, board of education, and the Highlands board of aldermen, all schedul ed to meet Monday, January 1, have been postponed because Monday falls on New Year's Day, a holiday. The board of education and the Franklin board of alder men sessions have been moved ahead to January 8. The board of county commis sioners will meet Tuesday, Jan uary 2, W. E. Baldwin, chair man, has announced. The Highlands board of alder men will not meet January 1, as scheduled, and no definite date for a meeting has been set. Welch Accepts Call From Hamburg Church The Rev. C. C. Welch has ac cepted a call as the full-time pastor of the Hamburg Baptist church, at Glenville, Jackson county, and he and Mrs. Welch have moved from West's Mill to Glenville. front porch, preparing to enter the house. A large picture win dow at the front of the house was offset with coloriul strings of Christmas lights and the words, "Merry Christmas", In red letters, nestled under the eaves of the house. A milk bot tle on the porch and smoke curling from the chimney added 1 to the effectiveness of the Yule- : tide scheme. The controversial nativity scene was a study In realistic art. Mr. Hlnes and the children at the Negro school cut and col ored cardboard figures of Mary | and Joseph, the Baby Jesus, and the Wise Men, Mr. Hines' gar age was arranged to represent a manger, with harnesses, shocks of fodder, and hay. The cardboard figures were grouped around the figure of the Christ child, offset with solt lights. Overhead shone an electric star, and soft Christmas music floated through the back ground of the scene. So realistic, a number of per sons who went to see the mang- i er scene, thought the figures were .real. Three carolers, holding a hymnal and singing, centered In a spotlight, gave Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Angel, Jr. third place in the contest. Two huge elec tric candles penetrated the darkness around the steps of the home and trees in the yard were fes ooned with colorful lights. All decorated homes in Frank lin, and those within one mile of the town limits, were judged in the contest. No prizes were given to the contest winners. Members of the Garden club sponsoring the contest were Mrs. B. L. McOlaemery, Mrs. J. H. Stockton, and Mr?. J, R, Ray. ORDER 10 MEN FOR INDUCTION Draft Call For Jan. 16 Will Bring County's Total To 45 Ten Macon County men have been ordered to report to Char lotte January 16 for induction into the army, making a total of 45 men from this county who have been called under the se lective service act since the be ginning of the Korean war, W. N. Sloan, chairman of the local draft board announced this week. The induction call is the third one received here since the board was re-activated in July. One group of 30 men left here November SO, and five men re ported for induction December 5. The present call followed on the heels of Macon's largest pre-inductlon call, which was received last week and asked for 40 men to be sent to Char lotte January 26 for prelimin ary examinations. The speed-up of selective serv ice is nation-wide, following President Truman's declaration of a national emergency and re Continued On Page Six ? THIS COUNTY'S I LEGISLATORS LEAVE SUNDAY Assembly Will Convene Wednesday; Party's Caucus Tuesday The two legislators from this county ? R. 8. Jones, state sen ator from this five-county dis trict, and C. Tom Bryson, Ma con County representative ? will leave Franklin Sunday for the state capital, and the opening of the 1951 general assembly Wed nesday. They will attend the Demo cratic party caucus Tuesday night, and will be given their oaths of office Wednesday morning, prior to the formal convening of the assembly, When Mr. Jones assumes his seat, will be the first time In 18 years that a Macon County man has served In the state senate. The state senator-elect, dis cussing the approaching legis lative session with a repor er, said he had no hard-and-fast program. "I know of no local legisla tion that is needed", he com mented, "and on state-wide legislation, It Is my plan to study each measure as it comes up, and do what I think Is right." Mr. Jones will be accompain ed to Raleigh by Mrs. Jones and ihelr daughter, Margaret. While In Raleigh, they will make their home at 615 North Blount street. Mr. Bryson, who will stay at the Sir Walter hotel, reiterated Continued On Page Six>-r We Quail To Think About It! And It's Legal! Six quail "fowled, out", staged an Impromptu mass harlkarl Tuesday afternoon on Town Hill, and gave died-ln-the-wool bird hunters good cause for trading in their pointers and shotguns and quitting the sport. To make a long story longer, a number of witnesses are standing by to substantiate the tale of how Mrs. Neal Johnston bagged six quail in her front yard on East Main street with out benefit of ammunition, shotgun, dog, or a desire to hunt. Mrs. Johnston returned from work to find two fat quail ly ing on her front door step and further "hunting" pointed out four more of the birds in the front yard, most of them with their necks broken. Six birds ? the limit accord ing to law ? and not a shot fired I What happened? A good guess is that someone flushed a covey in the field across the street from her apartment, and the birds, flying too low, butted their noggins against the front of the building. And like a true bird hunter, who bagged the limit, Mrs. Johnston cleaned and dressed the "suicides." A hot- frying pan climaxed the incident. FRANKLIN'S CHIC majorettes take time out for a bit of a rest, and after strutting at the head of the Franklin school band, tired legs welcome a bit of rest. Besides, what youngsters wouldn't take time out to have their picture taken? Left to right, Wanda Crisp, Martis Angel, Marjorv Moody, Joan Thomas, Helen Cochran, and Barbara Duncan. W kai Happened In Macon County 1950 Chronology THIS YEA.R People who are inclined to say "nothing ever happens here" may be surprised as they scan the 48 happenings listed below. This list of Macon Coun y events, arranged by months, lays no claim to being complete. It is, instead, a chronology of some of the more important occurrences in Macon County dur ing the year, as revealed by headlines in The Franklin Press, during 1950. JANUARY E. J. Whltmlre, Jr., vocational agricultural teacher at Frank lin High school for the past 10 years, resigned. He was replac ed by Wayne Proffitt, of Burns ville, Carl G. Snavely, head coach at the University of North Car olina, was the guest speaker at the Franklin High Pan hers' football banquet, given by the Franklin Rotary club. FEBRUARY Zeb Meadows was selected as Franklin's permanent postmast er, succeeding T. W. Porter, who retired. Macon County's $514,000 school bond election carried by a 5 to 1 vote. Senator Frank P. Graham ad dressed the annual dinner meet ing of the Franklin chamber of Commerce. MARCH Mrs. Mary Louise Sherrill was appointed to head the 1950 Ma con County census taking. " C. M. Byrd, state highway patrolman, reported for duty here, replacing W. T. Jenkinr, who was suspended. George W. Reece, Fran 'din merchant, was shot by a mask ed man at his store on the Murphy road. A young Negro boy, Robert Junior Scruggs, whi, later confessed to the shooting, received 15-30 years at the April term of superior coutt. The Slagle school girls' team and the Iotla boys' team won the Macon County grammer school basketball tournament. APRIL Mrs. Allen Siler was elected to head the Franklin Parent Teacher association. The Rev. M. W. Chapman i held his first service here as pastor of the First Baptist phiip/?h MAY E. W. Long was elected Frank lin town clerk, tax collector, and treasurer by the board of ald ermen, succeeding the late C. J. Mooney. Paul A. Reld, president of Weste n Carolina Teachers col lege, delivered the commence ment address to the Franklin High graduating class. The grad uation class numbered 88. The Democrats, in a record vote, nominated J. Harry Thom as for sheriff, C. Tom Bryson for representative, and Miss Kate McOee for clerk of super ior court. John W. Roane and W. W. Edwards were renomi nated for members of the board of county commissioners. Democrats put in three new men on the county board of education. T. T. Love, J. C. Sorrells, and Charles W. Nolen defeated C. Gordon Moore, F. A. Edwards, and J. F. Brown ing. JUNE Franklin's population in 1950 census put at 1964. Highlands as 514 and Macon County as 1 a whole' <vas 16,150, an increase of 170 since 1!>40. The Macon Construction com I pany's bids fo excavation work on four new schools were ac cepted by the board of educa S tion. Senator Frank P. Graham carried Macon in the run-otf primary, but lost, in the state, for the senate seat to Willis Smith. Billy Graham, famed young evangelist, had the breathless attention of an overflow crowd of 2,000 at the Friendship tab ernacle. JULY A Highlands delegation of 15 persons appeared before the county board of education to protest against the plans, as i drawn, for the proposed new Highlands school. Macon County school bonds I sold (or 2.8615. Bids on four proposed new schools, Franklin high, East Franklin, Nantahala, and High lands, totaled $629,959. W. N. Sloan was named to head Macon County's draft board. E. O. Crawford and Wil liam Katenbrink were named to ??rve with him on the three* man board. AUGUST The Mead Corporation, Sylva, which stopped buying pulp wood in February, 1949, resumed ac tivity here. The Wedgwood historical marker was unveiled on U. S. 28 at tjie intersection of Cowee road. A check for $517,178.92, the largest ever cleared here, was received, the proceeds of the county's school bond issue. Curtis Shedd, confessed killer of three, was arraigned on two coun s of murder at the open ing of the August term of su perior court with Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., of Marion, presiding. Shedd's trial was postponed to the December term of court, fol lowing the death of Solicitor Thad D. Bryson's father. SEPTEMBER Thirty men, Macon's first draft pre-lnduction call, left for examinations in Charlotte. The 1950-51 Franklin High football season opened with Franklin playing host to An drews. Franklin won, 26-0. A. Carl Tysinger was appoint ed to head civilian defense here. OCTOBER Otis N. Brown, past national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was guest speak er at the United Nations day celebration held in the Frank lin High stadium. Funeral services for Pfc. Rob ert L. Rogers, the first reported Macon County soldier killed in the Korean war, were held at the First Baptist church. Donald Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Brown, won the N. C. Electrical 4-H contest in Raleigh. NOVEMBER The Western Carolina Tele phone company purchased the Clay County Telephone com pany at Hayesville and took over operations of the company. The Democrats won every county office In record ballot ing in the general election. Weyman Waldroop's calf won the annual Fat Stock Show Grand Championship ribbon in Asheville. The Franklin High Panthers lost the Smoky Mountain Con ference crown to Bryson City in a hardf ought game here. Score, 31 to 20. The parents of Pfc. Floyd W. Moffltt, who was reported as being slightly wounded August 15 in action In Korea, were notified that he had been kill ed on that date. He was the sec ond reported casualty from this county in the Korean war. but the first in point of time. The mercury dipped to a low of 3 above zero, breaking a nine-year record and assorted plumbing in Macon County. Macon County's first draft contingent repor ed for induc tion into the army in Chariotte. The call numbered 30 men. DECEMBER Miss Kate McOee, first wom an in Macon County to be elect 3d to a county office, took over duties as clerk of superior court. The board of county commis sioners agreed to sell ihe coun ty lot on West Main street to the Nantahala Power and Light company for $15,000. Curtis Shedd was sentenced to the: gas chamber after being j round guilty of murder on two counts by a Jackson County jury, in Macon's superior cour . Date of execution was set for January 26. The Western Carolina Tele phone company was given per mission to raise phone rates by the N. C. Utilities commission j Macon County topped all of j the other 99 counties in the ' state for highway safety from ! January through Sep. ember. Mrs. Martha Jane (Aunt Jane i Bryson, Macon's oldesl resident, celebrated her 100th birthday at her home on Bry son branch. The la gest pre-inductlon call received by this county since the start of the Korean war asked for 40 men. The call came on the heela of President Truman'i declaration of i na tional emergency PHONE RATES WILL GO UP HERE MONDAY New Schedule Of Rental Charges Approved By N. C. Body Telephone rate Increases ? enough to produce an addition al $8,000 gross income for the Western Carolina Telephone company ? will go into effect Monday, (January 1) R. E. Mc Kelvey, the company's general manager, announced this week. In Franklin and Sylva, the rate increase will be the same, he said. Business rates wi 1 average 75 cents higher, one party residence phones will go up an average 50 cents, and an increase of 25 cents will af fect two-party, four-party, and multi-party phones. In Highlands, Mr. McKelvev pointed oat, business rates for one and two party phones will increase $1, and a 50-cent in crease will apply to four-party and multi-party business phones. Residence phone rates will go up 25 cents, he said. In all three of the towns, he said, a 25-cent increase on busi ness and residence extension phones will go into effect. Resi dence extensions will increase from 75 cents per month to $1, and business extensions from $1 to $1.25. The telephone company was given authority to increase rates by the N. C. Utilities com mission, and final approval on the $8,000 gross increase was announced last week. The com pany, in applying for the rate increase, asked the commission for an increase that would raise an additional $22,618, on a basis of present facilities and business. The commission grant ed, however, only an annual in crease of $8,000, explaining that further increases are like ly as soon as the local com pany completes its expansion program, and its investment in creases. The present rate Increase, company officials said, is the first one put into effect by the company since 1927. Following are the Increased rates, as compared with the old Continue^ On Page Six ? New Year's Watch Night Rite Planned A New Year's watch night service will be held at the Franklin Presbyterian Church Sunday evening, from 11 o'clock to midnight. Representatives of the Bap tist, Episcopal, and Presbyter ian churches will participate In the service, which has been planned chiefly for the young people of the community. A three-part program Is plan ned. The program will open with a song service, led by Everett R. White, with Miss Edith Plem mons as accompanist. Participating in the worship and dedlca Ion service, the sec ond phase of the program, will be Misses Carolyn Nothsteln, Rebecca Smart and Lillian Jones, and John Flanagan snd the Rev. Hoyt Evans, Presby terian pastor. The program will c!o?e with a prayer service, to be conduct ed by the Rev. M. W. Chapman, Baptist pastor. This service Is expected to be In progress when the stroke of midnight starts the new year. The Weather Temperatures and precipitation f or tfce past seven days, and the temperature yesterday, as recorded at Hie Coweeta periment station. High Low Pet Wednesday 41 22 00 Thursday 43 8 00 Friday 54 18 00 Saturday 58 17 00 Sunday 59 2j trace Monday 58 21 00 Tuesday 59 28 00 Wednesday 40 29 00 Thursday 40 26 .72 Friday 34 00 Franklin Rainfall 'As recorded bv Mans<n SmJcs for TV A) Wednesday, none; Thursday, none; Friday, none; Saturday, none; Sunday, none; Monday, none; Tuesday, none; Wednes day, none; Thursday, non?; *tl? day, .??