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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1M1
Price 6 Cents
TEN PAGB8
COUNTY TOPS
BLOOD OUOTA
WITH 156 PINTS
17i Macon Donors Sign
With BloodmobiU
To Give
Macon County topped >*?
quota by six pints when the
American Red Cross Bloodmo
Mle visited Franklin last Thurs
day afternoon.
A total of 170 persons regis
tered, and from that number
156 "productive" donors gave
blood. Macon's quota was ISO
pints of blood.
The collection was under the
joint-sponsorship of the local
Red Cross chapter, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, and the V.
F. W. auxiliary. The life-giving
blood was flown direct to the
lighting front in Korea.
A steady flow of donors reg
istered at the Presbyterian
church, where the mobile col
lection unit set up its head
quarters, and awaited their turn
to "save the life of a service -
' man". Previously, collection
hours had been set from 1 :B0
to 7 p. m? but a heavy rush of
donors from 8 o'clock on, kept
nurses and doctors working un
til approximately 9 o'clock.
Col. Frederick Starr Wright,
medical director of the Amer
ican Red Cross regional blood
center ixi Asheville, said the re
sponse of Macon County citi
zens was more than gratifying.
The mobile unit will probably
return to Franklin sometime in
March, he said.
Also expressing gratitude for
the fine response, Frank Plyler, I
V. F. W. commander, who was
In charge of the collection here, I
said there was never any doubt
In his mind but what Macon
County would go over the top
In Its donations.
He also commended the many
firms and businesses in Frank
lin that allowed employees time
off from wprk to visit the blood
mobile.
V. F. W. auxiliary members
volunteered their service* to aid
In registering donors, and serv
ed Juice, and cookies, to per
sons waiting to give blood. Cof
fee served was donated by the
1 i"?al A te P store, and was pre
red by auxiliary members.
SERVICES FOR
MRS. CASE. 73.
HELD MONDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary I
8croggs Cabe, 73, who died at I
h??r home In the Tesenta com- j
m unity Sunday at 6:SO a. m. I
following an illness ot two
weeks, were held Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock at Dryman's
Methodist church. I
The Rev. L C. Stevens, pastor,
and the Rev. C. E. Murray, pas
tor of the Franklin Methodist
church, officiated.
Mrs. Cabe had been In 111
health for about five years. She i
was a native and life-long rest- i
dent of Macon County, and waa
born November 23, 1878, the I
daughter, of the late John W. 1
and Annie Greene fcroggs. She ?
was married to Thomas Jasper
Cabe 'December 26, 1808.
Surviving are the husband;
six daughters, Mrs. J. W. Ad
ding ton, Mrs. Silas Buchanan,
Mrs. James L. Justice, Mrs. Ted
Henry, and Mrs. Tom Hnpfclns.
ail of Route 2, Franklin, and
Mrs. John Norton, of Route 1,
,? Dlllard, Oa.; four sons, Lem,
Mell, and Mllo Cabe. of Route
S, Franklin, and Earl Cabe, ot
Route 1, Franklin; 25 grand
children, five great-grandchil
dren, and a brother, Charlie
Scroggs, of Walhalla, s. C.
Grandsons served as pall
bearers. They were Hayes Her
man, Junior Buchanan, Thomas
Justice, Junior Cabe, and D. L.
Cabe.
Granddaughters acting as
flower bearers were Lois and
Evelyn Cabe, Jean Justice, Joyce
Henry, Louise Ledbetter, and
Lee Agnes McKlnney.
Bryant Funeral Home was In
charge of arrangements.
Watauga School To Gin
Mardb Of Dimes Supper
The Watauga school will give
The Watauga school will give
a box supper Saturday night at
the school at ? o'clock and will
turn the pcooeeds owr to the
March of OtoMt tfrtva, * Dm
torn 4.
Nothstein
To Conduct Survey Of
Wood
William L. Nothstein, man
agement assistant with the
Nantahala National forest here,
has been appointed to conduct
a survey of wood-use needs at
military Installations, In con
junction with the Forest Prod
ucts laboratory at Madison,
Wise., a research branch ot the
U. 8. forest service.
Mr. Nothstein said this week
he plans to leave for Washing
ton, D. C. sometime next week
where he will meet representa
tives of the Forest Products lab
oratory and the Timber Engi
neering company, a Washing
ton firm, who will assist him
with the survey.
Hie survey which will take
about five weeks, will begin In
Washington, he said, and will
cover military establishments
from the capital city south.
Meeting For
Music Group
Set Tonight
A meeting of the entire mem
bership of the local unit of the
N. C. Symphony Society has
been called for 7:30 o'clock to
night (Thursday) at the Agri
cultural building.
Important matters affecting
the future of the Little Sym
phony concerts in Franklin must
be acted upon, and it is im
portant that all officers, work
ers, and members of the so
ciety be present to help make
the decisions, E. J. Carpenter,
president, said.
Meanwhile, it was learned
that the 27 persons making up
the little Symphony will spend
four nights in Franklin in
March.
lite group will give two con
certs here on Thursday, March
1, and will remain overnight.
returning here to spend Fri
day, Saturday, and Sunday
nights. Monday the group will
go to Murphy for concerts.
The orchestra will play for
Symphony members at the
Franklin Methodist church at 8
p. m. March X. Earlier that
day ? at 2:30 p. m.? the or
chestra will give a free con
cert for Macon County school
children at the Friendship tab
ernacle.
In connection with the mati
nee, Mia* Laura M. Jones, mem
bership chairman, is emphasiz
ing the importance of child
ren's familiarising themselves
with the program before the
concert. In some of the schools,
she said, records are being
played of the compositions on i
the program. In addition, a
pamphlet, "Symphony Stories", j
is available at the schools at the
nominal charge of 10 cents.
Miss Jones learned this week
that almost 100 per cent of
the children who will attend
the concert from Cullasaja
school have obtained and are
studying the "Symphony Stor
ies". Reports from other schools
were not In.
Since the seating capacity at
the Tabernacle is limited, this
year's free matinee will be lim
ited to children in the first
?even grades.
High school students may at
tend the evening performance
by obtaining student member
ships for 60 cents. Regular,
adult memberships are $2.
BASKETBALIERS
LICK HIGHLANDS
The Franklin High basket
bailers walked rough shod over
Highlands Friday night, the
boys winning 44 to 20, and the
girls 49 to 8.
Mack Lewis led the males to
the win with 18 points and
Dorothy Medlin sparked the
lasses to a lop-sided win with
14.
Tomorrow night (Friday) the
locals Journey to Cullowhee for
a game, and will meet Bryson
City here Tuesday night. -
Last week the Bryson City
cagers dumped the high flying
?quad from Nantahala, which
up to that time led the field
In conference Wins. The upset
opened the Smoky Mountain
eonference thrown wide. Lead
lag contenders for the crown
!mw m 9ry*on City, Frank
Mil, NMtotel*, M4 ouMowbii.
Memorial Gymnasium Named For
James P. Raby, Macon Native
Rock On Highlands Road
Being Blasted Away By
State Highway Crews
The State Highway commis
sion is removing the huge rock
on the Highlands road near
Cullasaja falls, that has been
branded as "dangerous" by
many Macon County people.
The subject of much criticism,
the rock Jutted out over the
road and large vehicles had to
swing to the left side of the
road to avoid hitting it, there
by endangering traffic ap
proaching the blind curve.
The commission has been
blasting away the obstruction
this week, an official said.
P. T. A. Family Night
Supper Set For Feb. 17
The Franklin Parent-Teacher
association will hold a "Family
Night" supper at the school
here the evening of Saturday,
February 17.
Plans for the event were made
at a meeting of the P. T. A.'s
executive committee, held at
the home of Mrs. Allen Siler,
president, Monday night.
The supper, like similar sup
pers held by the P. T. A. in
past years, will be served, cam
eteria style, and is not re
stricted to members of the local
association. All interested per
sons throughout the county are
invited to come and bring their
families, it was explained. While
the event enables the P. T. A.
to raise funds for Its activities,
it also serves as a community
get-together, it was pointed out.
A program, under the direc
tion of Mrs. S. H. Lyle, Jr., will
follow the supper.
A new- memorial gymnaisum
at Peachland High school, In a 1
j recent dedication ceremony, was
named for James Paul Raby, a
Macon County native and agri
cultural teacher at the school
tor 13 years.
Mr. Raby was killed In an
automobile accident near Fay
etvllle December 9. His brother,
Algia Raby, is a resident of the
West's Mill community.
The Peachland Lions club
sponsored the building of the
gymnaisum and Mr. Raby, a
charter member of the organi
zation, served on the project
building committee.
The .gymnasium, it is said,
was his pride and joy for he
loved and took an interest In
children, and there is not a
board in the gymnasium floor
that did not get his approval.
He not only served on the com
mittee, but served on the job
at all times.
After his death, building of
ficials thought it would be ap
Continued On Pace Six ?
Local V.FW Post Will
G:ve March Of Dimes
Dance Saturday Night
A benefit square dance, the
proceeds of which will go to
the March of Dimes campaign,
will be staged by the local Vet
erans of Foreign Wars cost Sat
urday night at the post's build
in? on Palmes steet.
The "hoe down" will get
under way at 8 o'clock, with
Ed Carpenter and his string
band providing the musical Im
petus for shuffling feet.
Frank Plyler, V. F. W. com
mander, urged square dancers
and non-square dancers alike
to attend.
"If you can't square dance,
we will find someone to teach
you how! You will have an
evening of good clean fun, and
the $1.00 admission charge will
go to help some child walk,
or maybe even square dance,
again," he said.
Shedd Execution Delayed
Until High Court Meets
Curtis Shedd, who was sched
uled to die in the gas chamber
at Raleigh last Friday, will not
be executed until the North
Carolina supreme court reviews
his case.
Shedd, a Walhalla, S. C., man,
was convicted in superior court
here of the murder of two
South Carolina girls, and was
sentenced to die January 26.
The court-appointed defense at
torneys in the case, Jones ami
Jones, gave notice of appeal,
and it was explained that that
notice -automatically stays the
execution until the supreme
court can pass on the case.
Even if no notice of appeal is
given, the supreme court always
reviews the record, in a capita)
case, before a defendant is ex
ecuted.
Forest Service Sign Shop Here Makes Signs
For 11 States, Embracing 13 National Forests
When a sign shop, employing
only two men, furnishes signs
of all descriptions for 13 na
tional forests in 11 states, that's
news! And such a sign shop
exists near here.
This news-making shop is one
of a group of unassuming
buildings nestled in the all-en
veloping calm of the Wayah
valley, all of which combined
oiuke the Wayah "Depot, an In
tegral unit in the operation of
the Nantahala national forest.
The email 40 by M feet elan
?hop luppllN the Hull South
em region (region 8) of the
United States Forest service,
with signs ranging from small
trail markers to huge heavy
weight "portal shields," which
mark the entrances and exits
of national forests.
The states and national for
ests that receive some 14,000
assorted signs each year from
the shop are, North Carolina
(Plsgah-Croatan and the Nan
tahalas), South Carolina (South
Carolina national forest,) Flor
ida (Florida national forest),
Qtorgl* (OhftttklMOfhff ntMon
al forest), Tennessee (Cherokee
national forest), Louisiana (Kls
atchle national forest), Arkan
sas (Ouachita and Ozark forest),
Oklahoma (Ouachlts national
forest), Texas (Texas national
forest), Mississippi (Mississippi
national forest), Alabama (Ala- .
bama national forest). I
Forest officials estimate that
200,000 feet of lumber each
year enter the sign shop and
emerge brightly painted, each
bearing some message that elth- 1
?r informs or warns. The na
Ceatlnued Ok hfi
Paper Drive
To Be Sponsored Soon
By T. A.
The executive committee of
the Franklin Parent-Teacher
association mapped plans for a
waste paper drive at a meeting
Monday night at the home of
Mrs. Allen Slier, president.
| The tentative collection date
1 for paper will be sometime in
the latter part of February, it
was announced, and Macon
County citizens are urged to
save paper and magazines for
the drive. Further details con
cerning the drive will be made
public later.
The committee named Febru
ary 17 as the date for the or
ganization's Family Supper,
which will be held at Franklin
High school. Sixteen persons at
l tended the meeting.
Houk Cites
Progress On
New Schools
Barring unforeseen circum
stances, all four of Macon Coun
ty's new schools, Highlands.
Nantahala, Franklin, and East
Franklin elementary, should be
completed In time for occu
oancy by September, the be
ginning of the 1951-52 school
year, Guy L. Houk, county
school superintendent, said this
week.
All the materials for the con
struction of the four schools
have been received, he said, and
if ^atis'f'to'-y weothT condi
tions continue all of the schools
should be completed by Sep
tember. Nantahala and East.
Franklin wl'l "definitely" be
finished by then, Mr. Houk de
clared.
All steel work and most of
the brick work at the Nanta
hala school has been completed,
and the building should be com
pleted by mid-summer, he said.
Work at the Bast Franklin
school Is "progressing rapidly".
Workmen hare -begun erecting
structural steel at Franklin High
school and the steel work there
should be finished in about a
week if the weather Is good, he
said.
Other than preliminary grad
ing, construction at the High
lands school has not been start
ed because of adverse weather
conditions in- "that area this
winter.
NUTRITIONIST
TO ADDRESS
H DIF4DERS
Miss Virginia Wilson, exten
sion nutritionist at North Caro
lina State college, will conduct
a training school (or the Foods
and Nutrition project leaders
of Macon County's 20 home
demonstration clubs Tuesday
from 9:30 to 11:30 a. m., In the
Agricultural building kitchen.
Mrs. Carl Slagle, county
Foods and Nutrition leader, who
made the announcement, said
that Miss Wilson will discuss
the use of milk In the diet, and
demonstrate the preparation of
milk dishes.
Demonstration club Food and
Nutrition leaders are Mrs. T. T.
Henderson, Walnut Creek club,
Mrs. Wade McConnell, Maple
Springs club, Mrs. Wood rov
Bu ch. Otto club, Mrs. Prltchard
Russell, Cullasaja club, Mrs.
Jesse Allen, Nantahala club,
Mrs. Leona Moore, Carson Chap
el club, Mrs. George Brown,
lotla club, Miss Homer Justice,
Holly Springs ctub, Mrs. Paul
Newman, Mulberry club, Mrs.
Aaron Cunningham, Hickory
Knoll club, Mrs. Ralph Bradley,
Oak Qrove club, Mrs. Taylor
Crockett, Cartoogechaye club,
Mrs. E. O. Rlckman, Liberty
club, Mrs. Hardin Oribble, Un
ion club, Mrs. Carl Slagle, Up
per Cartoogechaye club, Mrs. J.
H. Long, Watauga club. Mrs.
Roy Wiggins, Clark's Chapel
club, Mrs. Howard Stewart,
Franklin Business Woman's
club, and Mrs. Frank Gibson,
Cowee club. A representative of
the Travelers club will also be
present at the meeting.
The Rev. C. L. Grant, pastor
of the Franklin Methodist cir
cuit, has announced the hour
of Sunday services at circuit
churches.
I Bethel Methodist at U a. m.,
Salem at I p. m, and Clark*
0bft|Nl 1:M p. Nk
DIMES DRIVE
PROGRESSING
WELL HERE
Schools, Organizations
Are Backing Fight
Against Polio
Macon County is rallying be
hind the March of Dimes drive,
which was launched here last
week, so "others may walk
again".
School children are rapidly
filling the d;me ca-ds that
have been distributed in Ma
con schools, snd numerous or
ganizations and schools aro
sponsoring benefits and turning
over the proceeds to the polio
fund.
The local Veterans of For
eign Wars post Is giving a March
of Dimes square dance at its
building on Palmer street Sat
urday night, and on the same
night the Watauga school is
giving a box supper for the polio
fund.
Macon's goal is $3,000 and th*
local drive is a part of the an
nual nation-wide campaign
started by the late President
Roosevelt, to combat the drea'l
disease which strikes young and
old alike, without regard to race,
creed, or social position.
J. Horner Stockton, countv
campaign director who has
served in that capacity in three
previous drives since 1946, said
this week, "Macon County has
always exceeded its goal In past
campaigns, and I am looking
forward to seeing the county go
over the top once again." 8incc
the county was late in startln?
its drive, he said the drive wl'l
continue until the goal Is
reached.
He commended the local the
atre for assisting in the cam
paien. Following the showing of
a short film, issued by the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, theatre patrons are
eiven the opDortunity to con
tribute as collection plates are
passed through the audience.
The film Is entitled, "An Im
oortant Day with the Father of
the Year," movie star, Robert
Young. In the movie, Mr. Young
takes theatre goers on a tour
of a hospital where Infantile
paralysis victims receive treat
ment and encouragement "to
walk again."
Youngsters, their frail bodies
supported by braces, continue
to smile and make almost su
nerhum<?n efforts to regain the
use of their limbs, weakened by
polio. Mr. Young Introduces an
eight-weeks-old baby ... a vic
tim of polio!
Urging everyone to fight for
the Fifth Freedom, freedom
from pain, he asks for contri
butions, pointing out that the
March of D'mes drive can help
In the fight for the Fifth Free
dom.
Collections at the theatre
have been more than generous
Mr. Stockton said.
Also, 1,000 special contribu
tion cards have been mailed to
Macon County citizens.
"If you have already made
your contribution and have re
ceived one of the special cards
also," Mr. Stockton said, "please
give it to a friend or neighbor
so he may have the opportun
ity to contribute to this worthy
drive."
Wildlife Association
The Macon County Wlldllf*
association will meet tomorrow
night (Friday) at 7 30 o'clock
at the Agricultural bulletin" to
map a program of action for
the year, William L. Nothstein,
president, announced this week.
In addition to the business
session, a movie on hunting and
fishing In Alaska will be shown.
Mr. Nothstein urged all asso
ciation members and persons
interested in wildlife to attend
the meeting.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation lor tfea
past seven days, and the low (taperatwn
jresterday. as recorded at the Cow e eta Ex
station.
Coweeta Max. Mln. Pet.
?
19
?
16 tracs
33 trace
38 .05
43 sn
39 .01
(A. imrM kr Hi i SdtM far TV A)
Wednesday, .10; Thursday,
nons; Friday, nons; Saturday,
nons; Sunday, aons; Monday,
trsos; Tussday, .IB; Wsdnsstef,
Wednesday 51
Thursday 37
Friday 44
Saturday 48
Sunday 57
Monday 63
Tuesday ; 53
Wednesday ..._