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VOL. LXVn? NO. 5
COUNTY HOME
CLUB LEADERS
FOR '52NAMED
Officers, Project Heads
For Macon Groups
Installed
Officers, project leaders, and
committee chairmen for 1952,
recently were elected by Macon
County's 19 home demonstration
clubs.
The names of the officers and
leaders for each club were made
public this week' by Mrs. Flor
ence 8. Sherrlll, county home
demonstration agent. All offic
ers hare been installed and have
taken over duties In the clubs,
she said.
Following are club officers,
project leaders, and committee
chairmen:
Carson Chapel: Mrs. Dan Rey
nolds, president, Mrs. J. R. Ray,
vice-president, Mrs. Glen Hast
ings, secretary, Mrs. Earl Cabe,
treasurer.
Projects: Mrs. Leona W.
Moore, foods and nutrition, Miss
Nora Leach, home gardens, Mrs.
J. C. Dowdle, home poultry, Mrs.
Gilmer Waldroop, home dairy,
Mrs. Frank Reece, food preser
vation, Mrs. Van Frazer, house
furnishings, Mrs. Zeb Conley,
home management, 'Mrs. Earl
Cabe, family life, Mrs. Marie
Rogers, home beautification, Mrs.
Homer Green, clothing, Mrs. J.
R. Ray, arts and crafts.
Chairmen: Mrs. John Alsup,
community service, Mrs. F. E.
Brown, health, Mrs. Frank
Reece, education, Mrs. Adolph
Zoellner, citizenship, Mrs. W. N.
Cook, recreation, Mrs. Ed Car
penter, music.
Cartoagechaye: Mrs. E. M. Mc
Nish, president, Mrs. H. C.
Hurst, rice-president, Miss Sally
Kesler, secretary.
Projects: Mrs. E. M. McNish,
foods and nutrition, Mrs. E. S.
Purdom, home gardens and
home beautification, Mrs. W. N.
Dalrymple, home poultry, Mrs.
H. C. Hurst, food preservation,
Mrs. T. H. McNish, home furn
ishings, home management,
clothing, Mrs. Fred Slagle, fam
ily life, Miss Sally Kesler, arts
and crafts.
Chairmen: Mrs. W. N. Dal
rymple, community service, Mrs.
C. B. Yeargan, health, Mrs. Earl
Harrison, education and citizen
ship, Mrs. Joe Setser, recreation,
Mrs. E. M. McNlsh, markets,
Mrs. Bryan Setser, 4-H leader.
Miss Sally Kesler, music, Mrs.
Fred Slagle, publicity.
Oowee: Mrs. George Byrd,
president, Mrs. Carr Bryson,
vice-president, Mrs. R. D. West,
secretary, Mrs. Fred McGaha,
treasurer.
Projects: Mrs. Frank Gibson,
foods and nutrition, Mrs. S. C.
Leatherman, home gardens, Mrs.
Carr Bryson, home poultry and
clothing, Mrs. Robert Bryson,
food preservation, Mrs. 8. W.
Carter, house furnishings, Mrs.
Fred McGaha, home manage
ment, Mrs. George Byrd, family
Me, Mrs. Joe Rickman, home
beautiflcatlon, Mrs. R. L. Mc
Gaha and Mrs. Joe Rickman,
arts and crafts.
Chairmen: Mrs. W. C. Shef
field, community service, Mrs.
George Byrd, health, Mrs. Ralph
West, education, Mrs. Judd
Hurst, citizenship, Mrs. Ed Brog
den, recreation, Mrs. 8. W. Car
ter, markets, Mrs. Will Allen,
4-H club leader, Mrs. Carr Bry
son, music.
Clark's Chapel: Mrs. Wiley
Brown, president, Mrs. Roy Wig
gins, vice-president, Mrs. Anna
Franklin, secretary, Mrs. Harley
Wiggins, treasurer.
Projects: Mrs. Wiley Brown,
foods and nutrition and arts
and crafts, Mrs. Roy Wigglrn,
home gardens, Mrs. Anna Fr*. i
lln, home poultry and clothing,
Mrs. Frank Brown, food preser
vation, Mrs. Harley Wiggins,
house furnishings and home
management Mrs. Ardell Cabe,
family life, Mrs Dorothy Ashe,
home beautiflcatlon. >
Chairmen: Mrs. Purley Med
lin, health, Mrs. Frank Brown,
citizenship.
Cnllaaaja: Mrs. Fred Norris, !
president, Mrs. Fred Corbin,
vice-president, Mrs. Prltchard , 1
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 4 ' j
PLAN LAY SERVICE
An Episcopal lay service will i
be conducted at the Franklin i
church Sunday nt 1! a. m. by :
Allan Brooks, it was announced ]
{his week. |i
Gyp Artists Take Macon
Families Of Korean Dead
With Old Picture Racket
Those get-rich-quick artists,
who "took" a number of Ma
con County citizens during
World War II, are here again,
this time preying on the fam
ilies of deceased Korean War
veterans, R. E. (Tony) Welch,
local veterans' service officer,
reported this week.
One family already has- fallen
for the slick-tongued salesman
ship of a "photographic repro
duction" peddler, according to
the veterans' .office. Possibly
more have succvlmbed to the of
fer, and still others will be ap
proached, he added.
These salesmen are reaping
profits in excess of 600 per cent
of the actual cost. They use the
"sentimental approach", urging
the families, "you owe this to
your boy". Their method of op
eration roughly is as follows:
Either through newspapers or
talk, they obtain the name and
address of a deceased service
man's family. Approaching the
family, they offer to reproduce
pictures of the servicemen.
In the reported case here, the
salesman offered to give the
family seven 9 by 13 tinted re
productions for $$7.50. The fam
ily turned over a $50 down
payment, the balance to be paid,
according to the contract sign- 1
ed by the father, when the pic- 1
60 From Over
County Study
Parents' Job
Approximately 60 persons,
representing every school In the
county except two, and includ
ing a number of persons not
members of P. T. A.'s, attended
the annual P. T. A. parent edu
cation study course held at the
East Franklin school last Wed
nesday.
It was the Franklin associa
tion's annual study course, and
other schools In the county were
invited. Participation in four
hours' parent education study
Is one of the requirements for
a standard P. T. A.
The program was marked by
talks, a "capsule" discussion, and
a motion picture. At noon, those
attending were guests of the
East Franklin school at lunch.
The Rev. M. W. Chapman ,
First Baptist pastor here, con
ducted the devotional and made
a talk on child-parent relation
ships, basing his remarks on the
Biblical story of Absalom.
Frs. Weimar Jones, parent ed
ucation chairman of the Frank
lin P. T. A., who was In charge,
spoke an the what, why and
how of parent education, and
Mrs. Dan Reynolds, secretary of
the county council of home
demonstration clubs, discussed
problems of the pre-school and
elementary school child.
Her talk was followed by the
"capsule" discussion, led by Mrs.
Janes, during which the group
divided for four "buzz" ses
sions. After lunch, the leader
of the foar groups reported
their discussions, and a general
round table followed.
A motion picture on "home
management" was shown at the
afternoon session.
East Franklin eighth grade
girls took care of small chil
dren brought by their mothers,
at an Improvised kindergarten
held during the session.
Charles G. Hughes,
On Duty In Korea,
Given Promotion
Charles G. Hughes, of Frank
lin, Route 1, recently was pro
moted to sergeant first class
while serving with the 7th In
fantary division In Korea, ac
cording to n army announce
ment.
Sgt. Hughes, a platoon ser
geant In the- 32nd regiment, en
tered the army In March, 1946,
and left for Korea In October,
1951. He recently was awarded
the Korean Service ribbon, with
one campaign star and the com
bat infantryman badge.
In recent months, the an
nouncement said, the 7th Divi
sion has been patroling and
probing entrenched Communist
positions north of the 38th par- (
Ulei
I
tures are delivered. This con
tract, now in Mr. Welch's pos
session, promises delivery on or
AFTER the 15th of January. It
is the general case for a con
tract to stipulate on or BEFORE
a certain date. (The dictionary
defines After as "later", with
no definite time limitation).
This Is the profit! Local pho
tographers agreed Tuesday that
a reputable photograpric con
cern could turn out the same
pictures offered for about $2
per picture, or $14 for the seven,
and still make a small profit.
On the basis of this figure,
these itinerate picture peddlers
are making about 500 per cent
profits.
But there is still more profit,
according to the contract, if the
salesman puts across the entire
deal. The heart of these addi
tional earnings lies In small
print at the bottom of the con
tract.
This small print says that
each picture "will be delivered
in suitable frames, which the
undersigned is entitled to ac
cept upon payment of the price
Shown On The Back of said
Frame."
A similar deal worked in this
county by peddlers during World
War II set the price "on the
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 10
RAGAN HEADS
JAYCEES HERE
New Commerce Body Will
Apply For Charter
Next Month
Jack Ragan was elected pres
ident of the newly-organized [
Franklin Junior Chamber of ;
Commerce at a special meeting
Tuesday night.
The local group expects to ap- |
ply lor a charter at a state J
Jaycee board meeting, slated
for February 23 in Raleigh.
Others named to office include
C. Banks Finger, first vice-pres
ident, Dr. George R. McSween,
scond vice-president, Calvtn
Henson, treasurer, and J. P.
Brady, secretary.
Bruce Bryant was named
chairman of the board of di
rectors, and will apply far a
charter for the local group at
the Releigh session. J. L. West
and Sam Gibson were appointed
to the board by the president.
The group voted to meet twice
a month ? one luncheon meet
ing and one night meet
ing. Larry Welch and Oscar
Ledford ?were appointed to ar
range tar a luncheon meeting ;
place.
Membership in the Jayeees Is
open to men between the ages
of 21 to 35.
Further organisational plans
will be mapped at a meeting
February 13.
Prior to the business se^tson,
Mr. Began and Dr. McSween
discussed a district Jaycee
meeting, wbich they attended
in Waynesvlllr Monday night.
POWER & LIGHT
COMPANY WILL
MOVESATURDAY
Nantahala Concern Will
Open In $240,000
Home Monday
The Nantahala Power and
Light company plans to move
Into Its new $200,000 building on
West Main street Saturday.
President John M. Archer, Jr.,
announced that company offices
will be closed Saturday to speed
the moving job from the old
quarters behind the Macon
courthouse, but business will be
resumed Monday morning at the
new building, he said.
Should adverse weather pre
vent moving as planned this
week, the move will be made
the following Saturday, Mr,
Archer added.
He' also announced that plans
are being made for an "open
house" at the new building to
give the public an opportunity
to inspect the structure. The
date is to be announced later.
The company's new home, a
two-story office building and a
one-story service structure, was
erected by Merchant Construc
tion company, Asheville, at a
cost estimated at $200,000.
'Bad Wreck'
Report Sends Officers On
Wild Goose Chase
"... a bad school bus wreck
near Highlands . . . three kids
killed. . . ."
Fortunately, it wasn't true.
In fact, there wasn't even an
accident ? just a school bus
stdck in the mud.
Nevertheless, telephone calls
to officers in Franklin, all re
porting a wreck, Monday morn
ing sent Sheriff J. Harry
Thomas, Highway Patrolman C.
M. Byrd, and Coroner George
R. Henson racing toward High
lands and the scene of the "ac
cident". They were stopped
about halfway to Highlands by
Walter Bryson, a member of the
county board of education, who
had investigated the report and
found it to be untrue
What really happened, accord
ing to the patrolman, was.
School bus No. 3 < that's prob
ably where the number suppos
edly killed originated, he point
ed out) was stuck in the mud
on Shortoff road. Nothing more,
SEE NO. 5, PAGE ID
Dr. Amelia Kahn -
To Be Speaker At
East Franklin PTA
Dr. Amelia Bauer Kahn. of
"Franklin, will he guest speakeT
at the February meeting of the
Fast FranMin Parent-Teacher
association, Monday evening at
the school. Dr. Kahn, a psy
chiatrist, who directs the mental
liyglene clinic in Ashevlle, win
discuss "The Derelopment atl
Children".
The meeting is set far 7:30
?f'<!lock.
Also planned for the ?session
is a play, "Observance of laund
ers' Day", by Mrs. W. G. Craw
ford's third grade jajplls
SPEAKS HERE
JUDGE ALLEN H. GWYN
Judge Gwyn, of Reidsville, |
resident superior court judge of
the 21st N. C. judicial district, ;
was the speaker at last week's \
dinner meeting of the Franklin '
Rotary club, at the Slagle Me
morial building. The speaker
stressed the necessity of finding
a middle grojind between ram
pant individualism and extreme
socialism. Many guests were
present.
PLAN NEARS
COMPLETION
! Macon F arm Program
In 5-Year Period
Cited By Agent
Macon County's five-year ag
ricultural improvement program,
now In Its fifth year, is more
than 75 per cent complete ? its
objectives clearly In sight, ac
cording to County Agent S. W.
Mendenhall.
Set up in 1947 by a county
planning committee composed
of the chairmen of Macon's
community committees, and a
representative of home demon
stration clubs, the over-all plan
lists as objectives:
1. That all cropland and pas
ture have lime and phosphate
applied.
2. That all cropland have a
"winter cover.
3. That all farms have a defi
nite source of cash income, eith
er poultry, milk, livestock, or
truck crops.
I 4. That, in so far as possible,
i all dairy breeders use artificial
[breeding.
5. That all farms produce
'their own supply of meat, eggs,
;milk, and a variety of vege
tables.
6. That all farm homes have
' water, lights, and other modem
home conveniences and homes
be improved in appearance and
comfort.
( "We in the county agent's of
fice, afteT talking -with com
munity leaders and farm fam
ilies, feel sure that the over
all plan is more than 75 per
cent complete* the county
agent said.
As Indicative of Macon Cani
ty's progress toward the objec
tives, Mr. Mendenhall pointed
?ut that:
More than 90 per cenl of
SEE NO. 4, PAGE It
Does FrankBn Need City Manager?
Noticeably increasing isttty
are predictions that FtankHa
will be "booming** before very
long.
Backing the town's bid to the j
future are, among other tilings,
the new 9490,000 highway im
provement project from Ocrwee
gap (at the Jackson county
line) to the Georgia line, now
out of the dream stage and on
the drawing board; a vigorous
population growth over the past
20-year period; the recent ap
proval of US 441 (Uncle Remus
route), a direct tourist feeder
line from the Mid-West, through
franklin, to Florida, this going
hand-in-hand with a vast tour
ist potential, borne out by last
leason's record breaking swarm
if visitors. /
Foremost, however, is the un
lylng faith citizens have in the
Future of Franklin.
But a growing town quite
logically has growing pains ? ?
pains that must be eased by
iie soothing hand of the town
governmental structure.
Last spring, Franklin ran
? .
heai-long Into a sertnus w*ter
shortage. The slaking ?f a -new
well lias relieved this "growing
pain" for at least the next Ore
years, town officiate say.
"What happens after flic
years?" it Is asked qulzically, an
eye on tfce future.
This answer rests with the
town government. Looking
ahead, the board of aldermen,
at its July, 1951, session, called
in a representative of an At
lanta, Oa.. engineering concern
to discuss the water problem.
Discussed chiefly was the In
stallation of a Alteration plant
on the Little Tennessee river.
The estimated cost, $75,000.
Sewage disposal, it has been
pointed out, will be another
"pain". More than half the del
egations appearing before the
town board want sewer lines
extended to their homes.
Again, the solution will rest
with the town government.
A.< a consequence, the predic
tion thnt Franklin Is going to
"boom" Is giving rise to discus
sion.
i ' ?
fibice the burden of expan- 1
Slon will rest largely on the
ShaaSders of the town govern
ing body, many, openly, have
asserted that the present gov- |
errtmental set up would be ,
wholely inadequate In the fu- :
ture, If the "boom" materlal
fees.
This group advocates the elty '
manager form of government ? 1
hiring someone trained in ad
ministration. 1
The need for a full-time man
at the town reins was practical
ly demonstrated by the late
Mayor Robert M. Dlllard, who
devoted his full-time to town
affairs, and did an outstanding
Job under the circumstances. t
Although Mayor Dlllard serv- i
ed only a brief part of his ten- \
ure of office before his death. 1
the results of his full-time ef- | C
fo-ts are visible. t
Thus the question supposedly j i
bolls down to Council-Manager
form of government, or the'o
present, council-Mayor. 1 1
Organization of the Council- 1 1
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 10 Ij
Baptist Group
Protests U.M.T.
Franklin Press ]
Wins Editorial Award At
Newspaper Meet
The Franklin Press won slc
)nd place among North Carolina I
weekly newspapers for editorial |
page excellence at the annual \
North Carolina Press Assocla- ,
;ion institute, held last week at ;
;he University of North Caro- -
iina, Chapel Hill, and Duke ?
university, Durham. I
It was the second successive
year that the editorial page of ;
rhe Press has been given sec- ,
and place.
The awards were presented ;
the winners in the 1951 con
tests, among daily, semi-weekly,
and weekly papers, by Governor
Scott, at the annual dinner at
Duke university Friday evening.
First place in this year's
weekly editorial page contest
went to The Chatham News at
Siler City; The Mount Airy
News took third place; and the
Valdese News was given honor
able mention.
Thirty-five weeklies were en
tered In the contest, which was
judged by the school of journal
ism of the University of Mis
souri.
Mrs. Bingham
Dies; Funeral
Held Monday
Mrs. Richard Bingham, of
Franklin, Route 1, died Sunday
night in a local hospital after a
two-week illness. She was 51
years old.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Louisa Chapel Meth
odist church Monday at 3 P m.
by the Rev. J. D. Pyatt, pastor.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Mrs. Bingham was the former
Miss Nellie Childers, daughter
of Marlon and Mrs. Jane Briggs
Childers, of Franklin, Route 1.
She was born December 31, 1900,
and was married to Richard
Bingham December 26, 1945.
Survivors include her husband
and parents; 10 step-children,
Richard Bingham, Jr., and Ted
Bingham, of Franklin, Mrs. Al
bert Woods, of Star, S. C., Mrs.
C. H. Green, of Franklin, Route
1, and Sally Sue, Mary Frances,
Esther Mae, Birdie Lee, Annie
Belle, and Mildred Bingham, of
the home; a sister, Mrs. Jess
Downs, of Franklin, Route 4;
and six brothers, Ned and Wade
Childers, of Newport News, Va.,
Neal, Burr, and Zeb Childers, of
Franklin, Route 1, and George
Childers, of Hoquiam, Wash.
Pallbearers were George Reece,
Lawrence Green, Lawrence Cog
ins, Walter Swanson, Dan Kirk
land, and Harold Smith.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Potts Funeral home.
Plan Basketball
'Coaches' Night Game'
Tomorrow
"Coaches Night" will take the
spotlight tomorrow (Friday)
night at Franklin High when
the lads and lassies take on
the Cullowhee cagers.
Set for honors will be coaches
Ralph (Chuck) McConnell. crew
chief of the Franklin grid ma
chine, and Ray Lowe, school
cage mentor. School officials
said Wednesday that proceeds
from the night's hardwood
classic will he turned over to the
two coaches.
The first game is scheduled
tor 7:30 o'clock.
Two Hurt In Wreck |i
Still In Hospital, !
Show Improvement
Two of the four wreck vie- ?
lms hospitalized January 21 j
ifter the car in which they ^
vere riding plunged down a j
60-foot embankment Into Buck j
'reek, are .still in the hospital, ^
>ut are reported to be recover- \
ng satisfactorily.
They are Ralph Hopklr*, 18,
if Franklin, and Mrs. Glady
Client Sanders, 26, of Prentiss, r
loth rectlvtd serious skull in- :
uries Ui tlie mishap. II
Deacons Say Military
Camp Not Place For
Teen- Age Boy
Asserting that the "home and
the church is the best training
?round for the teen-age boy",
the Baptist Deacons' Conference
at Macon County has voiced dis
approval of the compulsory uni
versal military training bill,
scheduled to come before con
gress soon.
The church group, at a meet
ing Thursday of last week, vot
ed to register its disapproval of
U. M. T. with North Carolina
senators, Clyde R. Hoey and
Willis Smith, and urge the law
makers to "give serious thought
to the viciousness of this bill."
The protest reads:
. . Because of the moral,
spiritual, financial, and political
unsoundness of this bill, we be
lieve It ought to be defeated.
Wholesome character can be
best developed under normal so
cial relationship. To place a
teen-age boy in a decidedly ab
normal atmosphere of training
camps is too great a risk to
their moral and spiritual de
velopment. We believe that the
home and the church is the best
training ground for the teen
age boy. They need the guiding
hand of parents in this period
of their development, and not
the atmosphere of an indiffer
ent military camp. Such a pro
gram would have tremendous
Influence on the moral and spir
itual development of our nation.
Peace-time compulsory universal
military training indicates a
conviction that peace cannot be
had outside military strength.
We believe that peace can be
had through applying the true
principles of Christian broth
erhood. Peace-time compulsory
universal military training prac
ticed by other nations has prov
en to be, according to history^
unwise and disastrous. Peace?
time compulsory universal mil?
tary training is unsound finan^l
cially because It would cause a"
continuous strain upon our fi
nancial system when there is no
immediate emergency.
"It is our desire that you give
serious thought to the vicious
ness of this bill and hope you
will defeat It."
The protest was signed by
Fred J. Corbln, president of the
conference, and Gus Baldwin,
secretary.
A copy also was sent to The
Blbical Recorder, Baptist publi
cation, conference, officers said.
Thieves
I
Break Into Gas Station,
Take $35 In Goods
Thieves broke Into the Indian
! Mound Service station early last
I Thursday morning, took about
$35 In merchandise, and then
syphoned some 10 gallons of gas
from a nearby gasoline truck
before disapearing, Sheriff J.
Harry Thomas has reported.
A number of fingerprints were ,
found at the scene, the sher
said, and are being studied,
trance to the station was ga
by smashing a pane In the fro^
door.
Kenneth Neat, operator 6f
station, said merchandise mil
lng included candy, cigarett
crackers, and a flashlight, whii
he valued at $35.
The gas was taken from
Nantahala Oil company truck,^
parked at the company's plant
next door to the station. Sher
iff Thomas said.
The Weather
Temperatures *r,a precipitation (or
seven days, and the low temper* twa
reaterday. u recorded at tW Coweeta Ka
*r intern ttatton.
High tow Pet.
Wednesday 46 31
rhursday 47 13
friday 45 27 __
Saturday 61 41 a?
Sunday 63 55 .84
Monday 63 21 40
Puesday 31 21 trsea
Vednesday 06
Franklin Rainfall
Wednesday, .76; Thu
tone; Fr lay, none; Sati
M; Bund.*}', .31; Monday,
"uesdny, .06; Wednesday,
$31