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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1951
Macon On Federal Milk Honor
I
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Franklin High Wins Conference Basketball Tourney
JACK NORTON
GIVEN TROPHY
AS TOP PLAYER
Finals Pit Two Macon
Teams; Nantahala
Loses, 43-35
The Smoky Mountain con
ference basketball tournament
in the Saturday night finals
tinned into a Macon County
tooth and nail tussel as the
Franklin High male thin-clads
dumped the high flying Nanta
hala lads, 43 to 35, and left the
Stecoah gym as "King Basket
ball."
Center Jack Norton was the
ball of fire behind the Panth
" Nd f?r power and was
awarded the best individual
^ayer^trophy for tournament
Play. The big, lanky pivot pilot
hooped a total of 69 points in
the locals' four tournament
games. In one game he only
Played a couple of minutes be
fore the second line of defense
took over.
Running his classmate a sec
ond for high scoring honors, Bo
Norton chalked up a total of
51 points for four games. Both
of the Nortons placed on the
ail-tournament team.
0Jh* 'Real lassies were pushed
out of the tournament in their
first game. Hiawassee dam rode
over them, 52 to 38. The Chero
inVSuSSnS "*"
Nartfahala forwards, May and
May, made the all-tournament
ttam for outstanding play dur
lng the tourney.
To move into finals play the
Panthers oiitshQt Cherokee, 51
Mnrn'J Rob^1"sviJle. 51 to 37, and
^ 9 V5 30 The Nanta
hala lads rolled over Stecoah
Hiawassee Dam, and Hayesville
before tasting defeat at the
bands of Franklin
Highlands High won the
sportsmanship trophy at the
tournament.
TPrThtutou!lnament wln save the
Franklin lads an Inside track
on more basketball honors, in
cluding a chance to journey to
Duke University f0r state- wide
playoffs.
Friday they go to Spindale
for the western region tourna
ment, and If they bounce off
the floor victorious from the
encounter they take off for
Durham and the state tourna
ment March 9 and 10.
Theoretically, the Franklin
and Nantahala lads are tied for '
the Macon County champion- \
ship since both teams ended
the season with 15 wins and
two losses. However, Nanta
halas' defeat by Franklin in
the Stecoah tilt was on a neu
tral court and the locals em
erged as county champs. They
take to the floor in the Tourna
ment of Champions March 13
through 17 in Asheville. The
Nantahala lassies will make the
tournament as countv srirl
champs. i <
Panther coach Milburn At
kins was more than happy with
the showing his boys made,
especially after they took to
the comback trail in the first
minutes of the finals. Nanta
hala, in less than two minutes
of play, led the locals 10 to 2.
"I'm very proud of the boys,"
the coach declared, "They came
from behind, fought all the
way, and didn't get rattled."
Concentration from here on
out the coach said, will be on
the tournament games. When
asked what he thought the
teams' chances of winning were,
Coach Atkins grinned and said,'
"they'll be in there playing
MRS. WALLACE DIES
.Mrs. George Wallace, of
Franklin, Route 1, died at her
home Wednesday morning fol
lowing a week's illness. Eear
lier in the week she was re
ported to be improved.
FLAN SQUARE DANCE
The Otto school Parent
Teacher association has an
nounced It will sponsor a square
dance Friday night at the school
?t 8 o'clock.
Power Company Seeks
Bids On New Building
John M. Archer, president of
Nantahala Power and Light
company, said that a number
of requests for bids on the con
struction of the power com
pany's proposed new building
have been mailed to contract
ors. Deadline for submitting
bids, he said, is March 14.
The company, he said, has
filed application with the Unit
ed States Department of Com
merce requesting permission to
build the structure. Tightening
controls on building materials
require that the commerce de
partment approve any move on
the part of individuals or con
cerns planning to erect new
structures. i
"If we get permission to build
from the department of com
merce," Mr. Archer said, "we
will start construction as soon
as possible."
The power company purchas
ed the county-owned lot on
East Main street in December
for $15,000 and announced plans
to construct a building at an
estimated cost of $150,000.
MOTHERS SEEK
POLIO FUNDS
Leave your porch light burn
ing Friday night, mothers will
be marching against polio!
A burning porch light will be
a signal that the home wants
to contribute to the March of
Dimes campaign as the moth
er's march swings through the
community.
J. Horner Stockton, county
dimes campaign chairman, said
the mother's march should put
Macon County over the top of
its $3,000 goal if everyone co
operates and gives generously.
The local drive will end Friday
night, regardless of whether or
not the county makes its goal,
he said.
The another's march which
will begin at 7:30 and end at 9
o'clock, will be led by the Jun
ior Women's club. Mrs. Milburn
Atkins is president of the or
ganization.
To date Macon County is ap
proximately $1,000 short of its
goal, Mr. Stockton said, and
contributions for the past two
weeks have dwindled to almost
nothing.
"It would seem that everyone
would realize Just how essential
the March of Dimes drive is,"
the campaign director said.
"Our country and its people
have always been more than
willing to help those in need
and if anyone ever needed help
It is a victim of polio."
Sheriff Asks
Rabies Crisis
Cooperation
Sheriff J. Harry Thomas this
week issued an "urgent appeal
to all dog owners" in this coun
ty:
"Under the provisions of the
General Statutes of the public
health laws of North Carolina",
the sheriff pointed out," all dogs
in Macon County have been
quarantined.
"It has been brought to my
attention several times within
the past 10 days that dogs in
certain communities are being
allowed ?b run at large with
out even having been vaccinat
ed. This is contrary to the pub
lic health law, and unless all
dogs are confined, or kept
strictly under the owner's con
trol It will become necessary
to get rid of such uncontroled
animals. [
"I would dislike very much
to kill any man's dog, but we
will certainly have to place the
lives of human beings and our
livestock above that of dogs.
"With your cooperation with
this office and with the Health
department, I feel sure this can
be worked out. I am therefore
earnestly requesting that all
dog owners comply with the
law respecting this quarantine.
"For any further information,
see the Health department."
SUNDAY SERVICES
The Rev. C. L. Grant, pastor
of the Franklin Methodist cir
cuit, has announced services at
circuit churches this Sunday.
A quarterly conference will be
held at the Bethel church at 11
a. m. and lunch will be served.
A service will be held at the
Salem church at 3 p. m. and
one ai Clark's Chapel church
at 7:S0 p. m
Band To Play
Saturday For
Lions Project
Approximately 800 persons
have listed their birthday on
the Lions club "community
birthday calendar" and more
than 200 calendars have been
sold, Ted Reber, project chair
man, announced this week.
In addition, Mr. Reber said
the 18 advertising spaces on the
calendar have been contracted
for by local .merchants, all of
whom are going to give away
free gifts to those whose names
appear on the calendar. On
their birthday, each person
whose name appears on the
calendar, will receive more than
$5 worth of free gifts, the proj
ect chairman pointed out.
The birthday calendar cam
paign was launched by the local
Lions club two weeks ago to
raise money for various Lion
projects. A large percentage of
the money received, Mr. Reber
said, will be used to purchase
new Instruments for the Frank
lin band.
He also announced that the
band will give a concert Sat
urday morning on the town
square from 10:30 to 11 o'clock.
Oion team captains will be on
hand to solicit additional names
'or the calendar, he said.
A listing, birthday, anniver
;ary, club meeting date, church
services, or dates of important
events in the community, costs
25 cents.
ATKINS RESIGNS
FROMPOSTHERE
AS HEAD COACH
Athletic Director Will
Leave March 17 To
Enter U. Of T.
Milburn Atkins, head coach
at Franklin High school since
the fall of 1948, announced this
week that he will resign his po
sition at the school this month.
The coach, who in three sea
sons has built the Franklin High
sports machine into a Smoky
Mountain conference power
house, said he is planning to
attend the University of Ten
nessee and work toward a mast
er's degree. He will leave here
March 17.
"I appreciate the wonderful
support given my teams by tfie
people of Franklin," the coach
said. "I have tried to build
them on a solid foundation, to
teach clean living and sports
manship so the boys and girls
will respect athletics and have
a desire to play."
The latest Atkin's victory was
last Saturday night, when the
Franklin High basketballers won
the Smoky Mountain conference
tournament in Stechoah.
In the 1949-50 football sea
son, Coach Atkins took his team
to the Little Smoky bowl, and
in this past season the Panth
ers were runnerups in the con
ference with eight wins, a tie,
and one loss.
His 1949-50 cagers were run
nerups in the conference with
18 wins and four losses.
Coach Atkins is a graduate
of Carson-Newman, class of '47.
No one has been named as
yet to fill the coaching position
at the school, R. G. Sutton,
principal, said.
Mr. Huneycutt To Preach
At Mulberry Methodist
Church Sunday Afternoon
The Rev. W. J. Huneycutt,
superintendent of the Waynes
ville district, will preach at the
Mulberry Methodist church
Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, it has been announced.
The public is invited to attend.
Boy Scout
Campaign Is Extended
For Another Week
?
The Boy Scout adult mem
bership drive, slated to end last
Saturday, fell short of its goal
and will be continued another
week.
Ted Reber, campaign chair
man, announced this week that
only $450 was raised during the
drive. Scout workers hope to
raise approximately $700 to con
tribute toward replacing the
dam at Camp Daniel Boone, and
have extended the drive in an
e fort to raise the money. The
dam at the Scout recreation
center was destroyed two years
ago by floods.
RED CROSS GOAL
HERE IS $2,836
The Rev. C. E. Murray, pas
tor of the Franklin Methodist
church, has been appointed to
head the annual Red Cross fund
drive in Macon County.
The drive will swing into ac
tion Monday and will continue
until March 31. Macon's quota
this year has been set at $2,
836.
Mr. Murray was appointed to
head the drive by the Rev. Hoyt
Evans, chairman of the Macon
County Red Cross chapter.
At a meeting Monday, Red
Cross leaders selected a num
ber of persons throughout the
county to assist the chapter in
the campaign. Those selected
will be contacted this week and
asked to serve, Mrs. J. Ward
Long, executive secretary of the
chapter, said.
This year's booster slogan,
Mrs. Long said, will be "Every
Housewife a Member."
Pre-Induction, Induction
Drafts To Go This Week
Forty-five Macon County men
will leave this morning (Thurs
day) for Charlotte to receive
pre-induction examinations and
a contingent of 15 men will
leave for Induction Into the
army Monday morning, the local
draft board announced this
week I
Both groups will leave from
the town square at 8:15 on the
respective departure dates.
Little Symphony Will Present
Two Concerts In Franklin Today
The North Carolina Little
Symphony will appear in Frank
lin today (Thursday) for its
sixth consecutive season.
The orchestra will present a
program for Macon County
school children at the Friend
ship tabernacle at l o'clock
this afternoon, and will give a
concert for adults at .the Frank
lin Methodist church at 8
o'clock tonight.
The children's concert is fi
nanced through Symphony
memberships, and there is no I
admission charge for the chil- 1
dren. This year, children from I
the first through the seventh
grades will attend the matinee,
and school principals through
out the county have been noti
fied that they may bring half
the children from those grades
?which is as many as can be
crowded into the tabernacle.
While it has a seating capacity
of only about 1,200, usually 1,
400 or 1,500 children find places
either to sit or stand.
For a time there was doubt
as to whether enough money
would be raised to bring the
orchestra here this year, but
Miss Laura M. Jones, county
membership chairman, said this
week that the campaign will
"pay out" ? that is, that the
$750 for the two concerts will
be on hand.
Sale of memberships ended
last Saturday, but persons who
have not obtained memberships
and wish to attend tonight's
concert may buy tickets at Per
ry's drug store or at the door.
Tickets are $2, plus 40 cents
federal tax.
The orchestra members will
remain in Franklin overnight.
Tomorrow they will go to Dem
orest, Ga., for a concert, re
turning here to spend Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday nights.
Appearing as vocal soloist
with the Little Symphony at
this evening's performance will
be Josephine Cunningham, who
will sing three selections.
Thi , will be the first time, in
Franklin, that the orchestra
program has been supplemented
by vocal numbers.
Miss Cunningham, though
only 19, is a charter member on
Will Direct Orchestra
DR. BENJAMIN 8WAJJN
the roster of the North Caro
lina Symphony. She performed
with the orchestra on the 1947
and 1948 tours, and during last
year's tour sang a total of 17
performances.
This year, she went to New
York to study, but has found
time also for a few radio au
ditions and a guest appearance
at the Julliard School of Music.
Tonight's feature work of the
Little Symphony will be Men
delssohn's Symphony No. IV, the
"Italian," transcribed for the
ensemble by Dr. Edwin J.
Stringhajn. The First Symphony
of Bizet, which pleased Little
Symphony audiences last year,
also was prepared by Dr. String
ham.
This evening's program fol
lows in full:
Orleg, Evening in the Moun
tains. |
Mendelssohn, Symphony No.
IV ("Italian"), in four move
ments.
Gretry, "Anguish of Mind,
Sadness Too Leaves Me" ? Miss
Cunningham.
Grieg, "Solveig's Song". ? Miss
Cunningham.
Rossini. "A Little Voice I
Hear", from The Barber of Se
ville? Miss Cunningham.
Strauss, Telegraph News.
Benjamin, from San Domingo.
Guion, The Harmonica Play- |
er.
Novacek, Perpetual Motion. >
Kreisler, Caprice Vlennois. J
Smetana. Polka, from The
Bartered Bride.
8metana, Dance at the Com
edians, from The Bartered
Bride.
C Of C Opens
Annual Drive
For Members
The Franklin Chamber of
Commerce 1951 membership
drive, under the leadership of
Clyde Gailey, started Monday
and will continue through
March 10.
Mr. Gailey was appointed to
head this year's drive by J. C.
Jacobs, the commerce body's
new president who took office
last week.
The membership drive, back
ed jointly by the commerce
body, the Franklin Merchant's
association, and the Credit bu
reau, is the first step toward
increasing memberships in the
organization to 500 over the
next six year period. A mem
bership of 500 was one of the
features of the commerce body's
six year plan of action which
was reviewed by Mr. Jacobs at
the chamber of commerce's an
nual dinner last Friday night.
Memberships, Mr. Gailey said,
are not restricted to merchants
alone. Anyone 21 years of age
or over may join the organiza
tion. Also, he pointed out, any
firm may buy as many mem
berships as they desire and
present them to their employes.
A membership, the chairman
said, entitles a person to, 11)
vote on any matter which
comes before the Chamber of
Commerce, (2) automatic mem
bership in the Merchant's Asso
ciation and Credit bureau, (3)
list tourist homes, inns, motor
courts, or rooms for rent, with
the Chamber of Commerce in
formation oft ice, so prospective
tenents and tourists may have
little trouble finding a place to
stay.
The money collected from
memberships, Mr. Gailey said,
will be used by the commerce
oody to promote tourist trade
md industry in this area.
Membership may be obtained
for $10, and members of the
chamber of commerce will so
licit new members during the
drive.
At the present time, approxi
mately 135 persons belong to
the organization.
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IS ONE OF 160
UNITS LISTED
IN ENTIRE U. S.
Nantahala Creamery Gets
Highest Sanitary
Rating In N. C.
Macon County was one of 100
cities and counties in the Unit
ed States to qualify for the
United States Public Health
service's safe milk "honor roll"
because its total milk for mark
et supply rates over 90 per cent
on the basis of the service's
recommended milk rules.
This county's achievement
came to light following the an
nounced results of a federal
survey conducted by the U. S.
P. H. S. throughout the nation.
Nantahala creamery, a Macon
County concern, received the
highest rating in North Caro
lina, according to H. T. Collins,
district sanitarian, who assisted
public health representatives
with the survey here. The
creamery was given a rating of
99.85 per cent.
A few minor technicalities,
since corrected, kept the cream
ery from receiving a perfect
score, the sanitarian said.
The four-day survey, which
began in this county August 10,
1950, was conducted by H. O.
Bealmear and B. L. Jessup, rep
resentatives of the U. S. Publ c
Health service. Mr. Collins ac
companied the men on the in
spection.
The official results of the
survey for Macon County are
as follows: Retail raw milk, 91
per cent; Raw milk sold to
plants, 98.16 per cent; Pasteur
ization plants, 99.85; Pasteur
ized milk, 99.29; enforcement
methods, 94 per cent.
A breakdown of the percen
tages shows that Addington
dairy, which retails raw milk,
received a rating of 91 per
tent. The following dairies, all
of which sell raw milk to pas
teurization plants, received a
combined rating of 98.16 per
cent: J. W. Addington, C. S.
Buchanan, B. Bumgarner, H.
Enloe, D. C. Higdon, Q E. Hol
combe, Ken Moody. A. B. Slagle,
Siler Slagle, H. Stewart, John
Stillwell, Sunnybrook farm,
Sunset farm, John Turpin, Joe
i Ward, John Watson, and V.
I Wilson. All of the dairies are
I Grade "A".
Other Western North Caro
lina counties who made the
health service's honor roll were
Buncombe, Avery, and Hender
son. The counties, including
Macon, were listed among those
marketing both raw and pas
teurized market milk.
The N&ntahala creamery, Mr.
Collins said, by virtue of its
excellent rating, can sell milk
anywhere in the United States
according to the survey. Before
a plant can ship milk inter
state, it must be rated 90 per
cent or above, he said.
The sanitarian said he had
inspected more than 200 "raw
to-plant" dairies and at least
20 plants In the eastern section
of the state and none would
compare with those found here.
Sanitation, equipment, and fa
cilities in Macon County are far
superior to many sections of the
state, he said.
House Workshop
Will Feature Experts On
Home Furnishings
A house furnishing workshop,
sponsored by Macon County
nome demonstration clubs, fea
turing talks by a number of
sxperts on home furnishings,
will be held at Slagle Memorial
Dullding today (Thursday) and
tomorrow, Mrs. W. D. Shuford,
:ounty house furnishings lead
er, announced this week.
Sessions will begin each day
it 10 a. m. and will close at 3
p. m. A covered dish luncheon 4
will be served by those attend
ing.
Miss Pauline Gordon, special
ist on house furnishings at
North Carolina State collect,
will give demonstrations on
'Window Treatment". 'Hanging
Pictures In the Horns", and
'Color In the Home."