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VOl* LXVI? NO. 12
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1951
TWELVE PAOB8
Can Complete All Schools As Planned
F. T. BRENDLE
DIES IN KOREA.
WIDOWLEARNS
I? Third Macon County
Man Killed In Action
In This Wax
Sgt. Purman T. Brendle, of
the Watauga community, prev
iously reported as missing, was
killed in action in Korea No
vember 29, according to a mes
sage received by his wife Sun
day night from the Department
of Defense.
He is the third Macon Coun
ty man reported killed in ac
tion in the current war.
In January he was listed as
having been missing in action
since December 2. At that time,
Mrs. Brendle said the last word
she had received from her hus
band Was in November.
Sheriff J. Harry Thomas de
livered the message to Mrs.
Brendle Sunday night after the
local Western Union office had
closed. She is the former Miss
Viola Bailey, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bailey, of the ?
Watauga community.
Sergeant Brendle was a mem
ber of General MacArtuhr's
command and had served in the
army for six years. His last
visit home was in April, 1950,
when he was granted a 60-day
furlough because of the illness
of his two-year-old child.
He was a son of Mrs. Lula
Brendle and of the late Mat
thew Brendle, Jr. A brother,
Pfc. Thomas Brendle, was
drowned in a river at Fort
Bennlng, da., while on maneuv
ers during World War II.
Mrs. Brendle has been serving
as a nurse's aid at Angei clinic
here.
Bulletins
Eloise Nancy Vanhook, 4,
and Tommy Vanhook, 2, chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Vanhook, Franklin, Route 2,
are recovering satisfactorily at
Angel hospital after swallow
ing approximately 20 pheno
barbital tablets Wednesday
morning. Mrs. Vanhook said
Nancy must have climbed and
taken the bottle of medicine
from a shelf.
OFFERS HIGHLANDS BILL
A bill to authoVize the Town
of Highlands to appropriate
not more than $1,000 annual
ly for advertising was intro
duced in the general assembly
this week by Rep. C. Tom
Bryson.
Shedd
Execution Is Scheduled
For Tomorrow
Curtis Shedd is scheduled to
die in the gas chamber at Ral
eigh tomorrow (Friday).
Shedd's death sentence was
upheld by the state supreme
cqurt when his case came ur
for review March 7, and the
execution of the convicted slay
er of two girls automatlcall}
was set for March 23.
Although no appeal was per
fected by Shedd's attorneys, the
high court reviewed his case
and found no error in the low
er court's Judgments.
The 29-year-old Walhalla, S
C. slayer was convicted here
during the December term o
court by a special Jacksor
County Jury for the slaying of
Jo Ann Eoyter, 8, and Johnnir
Mae Boyter, 14, whose bodies
were found near the Highlands
garbage dump August 12.
Sentenced to die Januarv 2f
by Judge J. Will Pless, presid
ing tiid?e, Shedd's executioi
was delayeid until the supreme
court reviewed his case.
Workshop Being Held
At Nonah Craft House .
A workshop, featuring recre
ation and puppets, is being con
ducted at the Nonah Craft
house on Cartoogechaye by Miss
Elinor Kuhn, of Smith college,
Northampton, Mass.
The workshop will continue
for. about 10 days. Miss Kuhn's
appearance here is under the
suapioes of the Southern Moun
tain vorktra.
Annual Easter Sunrise
Service Will Be Held
Sunday On Wayah Bald
Plans are complete for the
fourth annual Easter sunrise
service on Wayah Bald.
The interdenominational serv
ice will start at 6:25 a. m., six
minutes before the sun climbs
above the rim of eastern moun
tains.
Worshippers are requested,
however, to arrive at "Hteh
Haven" camp, the scene of the
service, by 6:15 or 6:20 o'clock,
the Rev. Hoyt Evans, chairman
of the sponsoring group, said.
Motorists are advised to give
themselves an hour for the trip
from Fianklin.
Several other special Easter
services are planned in the
county.
The usual sunrise service at
St. Agnes Episcopal church,
marked by celebration of the
Holy Communion, will be held
at 6:30 o'clock, the Rev. A. Ruf
us . Morgan has announced.
Members of all denominations
are welcomed, Mr. Morgan said.
The M. Y. \F. of Union Melh
odist church will present a play
Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The young people of Mount Zion
Methodist church will present
a pageant at 11 a. m., a pro
giam of music and readings
will be given at Gillespie Meth
odist chapel at 2 p. m., and
the young people of Maiden's
Chapel Methodist church will
assist at the evening service
with a pageant and special
Easter music.
If the weather is good, plans
are to hold the Wayah service
on a platform off the east
porch, with the congregation
facing the reddening east.
Otherwise, it will be held inside
the camp, where a big open
fire will provide plenty of heat.
Sound equipment will be in
stalled, thus making it possible
for persons inside or outside to
hear. Motorists who desire may
remain in their automobiles and
still hear the program.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones,
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 6
This Week
With Macon
County Agents
"V
(This is the first of a ser'es
of weekly .articles by the
Macon County agents.)
By S. W. MENDENIIALL
At the present price of pigs
and pork, a pig saved is money
made, and the demand today
is more for bacon-type hogs.
And for this reason I would
like to call attention to some
excerpts from an article on pigs
appearing In the March issue of
The Progressive Farmer. The
article was written by Joe A.
Elliott, an associate editor of
the magazine, and I thought
some of the things in it would
be of interest to Macon County
farmers.
Here Is what Mr. Elliott has
to say on pigs:
" 'Pigs well born are half
raised' is an axiom of successful
hogmen. The 112-114 days that
sows carry their pigs amount
to more than half the time it
takes to finish out a market
pig. It is here within the sow's
body that size, health, vigor,
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 6
DE4TH CLAIMS
MRS. SELLERS
Rites For Well Known
Franklin Woman
Held Monday
Mrs. Sallie Stalcup Sellers,
widely known native and life
long resident of Macon County,
died at her home in East Frank
lin Sunday at 6:30 a. m. at the
age of 79.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock]
at the St. Agnes Episcopal
church. The Rev. A. Rufus Mor
gan, rector, officiated, and bur
ial wai in Woodlawn ceretery
here. i
Mrs. Sellers was a member of j
the St. Agnes church and the j
Woman's auxiliary of the .
church. She was a charter !
member and past matron of the |
Nequassa chapter. Order of the |
Easter Star. For a number of
years she operated Riverview
Inn.
Born November 12, 1871, she
was the daughter of William R.
and Mrs. Harriett Love Stal
cup. She was married to Wil
liam H. - Sellers February 23,
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 6
FRANKLIN HIGH
'50-51 TROPHIES
TO STAY HERE
^u'e Ine'igibility Does
Not Apply To
Team Wins
Football and basketball troph- .
ies won by Franklin High teams
last sen son will remain in their j
positions of prominence in the ;
principal's office.
Whether or not the school
was entitled to keep the hard
earned "oscars" became a big
question following the an
nouncement that Jack Norton
was too old to be playing high
school ball. Norton played end
on the football squad and cen
ter on the basketball team, and
trophies won by the teams could
have been declared ineligible to
stay at Franklin High.
However, the muddy waters
cleared up during a meeting of
Smoky Mountain con'erence
coaches In Murphy last Wed
nesday.
According to R. G. Sutton,
Franklin principal, the coaches
dismissed the Norton ineligibil
ity case after deciding that a
protest should have been made
earlier if there were grounds:
lor (i protest.
The trophies, the Smoky
Mountain conference football
runner-up Iron man, and the
conference basketball champion
ship, have found a home at the
high school.
Cowes Boys,
Slagle Girls
Win Tourney
The Cowee lads and the
Slagle lassies slashed their way
to the championship of the dis
trict one elementary basketball
tournament, which raged for
three nights, Wednesday, Thurs
day, and Friday, in the Frank
lin High gym.
Runneiup trophies went to
the Slagle boys and Ottb girls
who tried hard but failed to
dump the chaps In the finals.
Eleven elementary teams, six
boys and five girls, gave fans a
thrilling preview of basketball
in Macon County in the years
to come when the midget cag
ers enter high school. With all
the confidence of professionals,
the teams battled It out for the
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 6
Elwood Cabs, Macon Man,
Is Awarded Bronze Star
For Heroism In Far East
Master Sergeant Elwood Cabe.
of Franklin, who is serving with
the Marine corps in Korea, was
recently awarded the B;onze
Star medal "for heroic achieve
ment in connection with opera
tion? against the enemy while
serv^n? with a Marine infantrj
company in Korea on No.tm
ber 28, 1950."
The leatherneck serafoan*, who
has 14 years' sjrvlce with the
Marines, has been in Korea
eight months. The medal,
awarded in the name of the
President of the United States
and the commanding general
of the First Marine Division,
was presented to Sergeant Cabe
for service as set forth in the
following citation:
. . When his company was
attacked by a strong enemy
force and the command post
was being subjected to heavy
and accurate enemy small arms
and artillery fire, Master Ser
geant Cabe, acting as company
PUPILS STAGE
PTA PROGRAM
Demonstration Of Work
Of Students Wins
Applause Of 165
An audience of 165 applaud
ed a program presented by
school children at Monday
nieht's monthly meeting of the
Franklin Parent-Teacher asso
ciation.
A dozen boys and gir's from
Mrs. J. A. Flanagan's fifth grade
conducted a devotional program,
members of the school's choral
group, under the direction of S.
F. (Sammy) Beck, sang several
numbers, home economics stu
dents of Mrs. T. J. O'Niel mod
eled dresses they had made;
and members of the Franklin
chapter, Future Farmers of
America, Wayne Proffltt advis
er, held a demonstration meet
ing of their organization. Mrs.
S. H. Lyle, Jr., was program
chairman.
At the association's business
session, Mrs. Pearl Hunter, Mrs.
Franagan, and Mrs. Russell Cabe
were elected as a nominating
committee to present a slate of
officers for next year at the
April meeting. Mrs. Allen Siler,
SEE NO. 5. PAGE 6
, ?Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
WINNERS AND TROPHIES ? Team captains proudly display the trophies their teams won in the
Jistrict 1 elementary basketball tournament which brought together the cream of Macon County elemen
ary basketball crop Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights. They are(R to L) Roger Evans, Cowee
-aptain whose team won the boys' championship ; Buster Thomas-, captain of the Slagle boys, wlio were
runners-up; R. G. Sutton, Franklin principal, who made the trophy presentations; Josephine Lenoir, cap
tain of the Slagle girls, who won the girls' championship; and Carrol Stockton, who captained the runner
ip Otto girU' team.
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first sergeant, voluntarily or
ganized an evacuation party and
assisted in canying eight ser
iously wounded Marines to ? a
nearby aid station. On his own
initiative he then organized a
portion of company headquar
ters into an assault force and
earlessly, in the face of enemy i
fire, led his group in a counter
attack which successfully re- j
gained the o1 igmal positions. '
His display of leadership and
coolness under fire materially ,
contributed to the successful re- j
pulse of the enemy attack. I
Master Sergeant Cabe's initia- j
tive and courageous actions ,
were in keeping with the high-<|
est traditions of the United
States Naval Service."
Mrs. Cabe, the former Miss
Stella Dunn, is residing here ,
until her husband's retu n. The I
couple made their home at
Camp Legune befo e Sergeant
Cabe was sent overseas. He is
the son of Mrs. Harve Cabe, of
Franklin, Route 3.
Charles C. Daniels
Claimed By Death
In New York At 86
Char'es Cleaves Daniels,
Franklin summer resident,
died _ at St. Luke's hospital.
New York, Tuesday. He was
86.
Fnneral serv ces will be con
ducted at Wilson, his former
home, this afternoon, and
burial wl l follow in the fam
ily plot there.
A New York attorney for
many years, Mr. Daniels be
gan the practice of law in
Franklin. Earlier he had edit
ed the Kinston Free Press
and the Wilson Advance, pre
viously edited by his brother,
Josephus Daniels.
In Wilson he served 12
years as sol'citor, later served
as county attorney for Grant
county, Oklahoma, and during
the Wilson administration was
special assistant to the U. S.
atto ney general.
Survivors include his wid
ow, the former Miss Mary
Robinson, who was rea ed at
"Dixie Ha'l" here; a daugh
ter, Miss Hope Daniels; and
a son, James Robinson Dan
iels, all of New York.
Le3 Carwford
Favm Scld Tc
?vlc?4ish's Kir
The Lee Craw ord farm, or
the Murphy road, has been
bought by William J. Alien
Nashville, Tenn , banker. The
deed was put on record in the
e-ister of deeds office here
Monday.
Mr Allen made the purchase
'on Mrs. May H. Oawford,
idow of Gilmer L. Crawford,
.'or a price reported as $25,000.
The 325-acre property, long a
'andmark here, has been in the
Crawford fa.mily for approxi
mately a century. It was the
lome place of Capt. J. G. Craw
ford, father of Lee Crawford
-nd prandfather of Gilmer L.
'Jraw.ord.
The place was willed by Lee
"rawford to his wife, Mrs. Car- I
ie Sloan Crawford, and several
/ears ago she sold it to her
?on, Gilmer L. Crawford.
Under terms of the agree
nent, Mrs. Crawford and her
nmilv are to have possession
if the home, where they arc
?inw living, for six months.
Mr. Allen, who is a brother
!n-low of Edd McNish, of Way
ah Valley, said he plans to de
v?lor> the place into a beef stock
farm The farm will bn manag
ed for him by J. B Wyatt, of
Waynesville.
Mr. McMlsh was the real
estate agent handling the deal.
PLAN SUNDAY SING
The fourth Sunday sing of
the Northern division of the
Macon County Singing conven
tion will meet with the Mt.
Sinai church beginning at a
o'clock, Harley B. Maaon, presi
dent, announced this week.
COMMISSIONERS
PUT UP $60,000
FOR BUILDINGS
Tax Rate Remains Same;
Action Made Possible
By Surplus
The board of county commis
sioners agreed this week to
make $60,000 available to the
county board of education, so
that it will be possible to com
plete this county's school build
ing program.
The step will require no in
crease in the tax rate, Chair
man W. E. (Gene) Baldwin,
said.
Following announcement of
the commissioners' decision,
contracts for the construction
of the Slagle, Iotla, and Union
schools were let Tuesday.
Under the plan worked out
by the commissioners, the
money to finish the school
buildings as planned will be
provided by a shift in next
year's taxes. The rate will be
exactly the same next year as
this, but taxes that have been
going for debt service will be
shifted to school capital outlay.
The difference between the
amount of money on hand and
the amount necessary to com
plete the building program was
revealed Monday of last week
when the school board opened
the bids for the Union, Slagle,
and Iotla schools.
The board of education had
on hand ? from this county's
school bond issue and from the
grant from the state? approxi
mately $260,000, but the low
bids for these three schools
totaled $313,000. In addition,
two other "projects remain to
be advertised and let-^the Ne
gro school, and the remodeling
of the present Franklin high
school into an auditorium. In
addition, several thousand dol
lars will be required. It was
pointed out, for equipment and
for grassing and other work on
the grounds of the new schools.
By adding to the $260,000 left
in the building fund approxi
mately $30,000 the board of ed
ucation has accumulated from
various sources, It was estimat
ed that the program could be
completed as planned with an
extra $60,000.
At a special meeting Monday
morning, members ot the board
of education invited the com
missioners to join them, and the
problem was discussed. The
commissioners agreed to pro
SEE NO. 6, PAGE 6
New Draft Call
brings Total Inducted
From Macon To 65
The local draft board last
week received an Induction call
for 15 men to report to Char
lotte April 5, bringing to 65 the
number of men who have been
inducted Into the army from
Macon County since the start
of the Korean war.
A pre-induction call received
this week is for 35 men to re
port to Charlotte April 3 for
preliminary examinations, W. N.
Sloan, board chairman, said.
The men making up the calls
will be notified by the end of
the week, he said.
WE'RE SORRY!
Miss Laura Lyle received a
letter in basketball at the pre
sentation exercises at Franklin
High last week. Her name was
unintentionally omitted from
last week's Press story on those
receiving awards.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation for tfcc
past seven days, and the low temperature
yesterday, as recorded at the Coweeta Ex
periment station.
Max. Mln. Pet.
Wednesday 34 22
Thursday 38 27
Friday 48 31
Saturday 68 25 .09
Sunday 58 42 .01
Monday 52 45 .4S
Tuesday 50 26 trace
Wednesday 26
Rainfall
'At recorded W Muno* StilM for TV A)
Wednesday, .10; Thursday,
trace; Friday, none; Saturday.
.01; Sunday, none; Monday. 41:
Tuesday, .it; Wednesday, *o*a,