67TH YEAR ? Western North Carolina's Oldest Weekly Newspaper _i fie ? fanMin ffr Mwottian CIRCULATION LAST WEEK 2731 Year Ago Last Week - 2417 VOL. LXVII? NO. 8 - .Man I i ;?.? 17 Ci-l. J w vU>w ? -J To Model At 4-H Style Show February 22 Seventeen local girls will model spring and summer ward robes for 4-H misses at a style show tomorrow (Friday) at the East Franklin school. The show, , being directed by a New York stylist, will be open only to 4-H club girls and home demonstration club cloth ing and 4-H leaders, according to Mrs. Barbara B. Hunnicutt, assistant home agent. Mi?s Ada May Marshall, of New York, will present "Fash ion at the Bat for the 4-H Modern Miss", emphasizing that no girl wants to "strike out" when it come6 to planning a spring and summer wardrobe. Attention also will be directed to fashions that are easy to make for beginners in sewing, Mrs. Hunnicutt said. Miss Marshall is a former 4 H club member from New York state. She received a B.S. degree from the college of home eco nomics at Syracuse university with a majar in merchandising and fashion design. The show is scheduled to be gin at 1:30 p. m. B. L. Hedden, Korean Dead, Buried Here The body of Pvt. Benjamm ?Lewis Hedden, 19-year-old son of William W. Hedden and of the late Mrs. Hedden, of the "Walnut Creek section, who was killed in action >in Korea, was buried Sunday afternoon with military rites at the Stiwinter cemetery, following services at the Walnut Creek Baptist church. The young Macon County sol dier was killed November 6, 1951. near Magoir, in North Korea, while serving with Com pany E, 7th Cavalry regiment. His twin brother, Cpl. Dewey Hedden, is serving with the 3rd Infantry division in Korea. Services were conducted at 2 o'clock at the Walnut Creek church by the Rev. Frank Reed. Military rites were conducted at the cemetery by W. W. ! Reeves, commander of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post, and the post chaplain, the Rev. Robert D. Burnette. Pvt. Hedden attended county schools here and was employed at Rogsrs' garage in Highlands prior to enlisting in March, > 1951. He received basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C., and ad ditional training at Camp Gor don, Ga., and Camp Stoneman, j Calif., before reporting for overseas duty. Surviving are his father; Seven brothers, Cpl. Dewey Hedden, Delmer and Furman, o I Gneiss. Elmer, of Walnut Creek, Everette, of Asheville, and Edi son and Ernest, of Gneiss; and one sister, Mrs. Fletcher Cole man, of Murphy. Pallbearers were Weaver Shope, Ed Williams, Jack Angel, Woodrow Shope, C. S. Brown, and Richard Slagle. JUth Year As rostmaster Is Marked By Mrs. Bryson March Of Dimes Contributions To Date Total $2,400 March of Dimes contributions this week totaled approximate-! ly $2,400, County School Supt. Holland McSwairi, drive chair- 1 .man, has announced. Eight of Macon's 11 town- j i ships have either reached or topped assigned quotas. Com- j plete .reports have not been re reived from the Franklin, Burn ingtown, and Cartoogechaye townships, the chairman said, j The county's goal is $3,500. Jail Unsafe, | 3 Prisoners Moved Away Four prisoners have been ? moved from the Macon County jail for safekeeping because "the jail here Is inadequate to hold prisoners of that type", j Sheriff J. Harry Thomas said ; this week. One of the four broke out of I the local jail February 7, but was apprehended in Detroit, Mich., last week and returned here to await trial. The others are ex-comricts, who were ar rested in an automobile loaded with stolen goods -and a small arsenal on the Georgia .road February 11 by local officers. Sheriff Thomas said Bennie Jueen, the jail breaker, and Jake and J. B. Hall, of Route j 3, Traveler's Rest, S. C., two of j the convict trio, were moved "to the Waynesville jail. The third j member of the trio, David Lee ! Overman, of Blackstone, Va? was taken to the Macon County prison camp. Overman .is an escapee from a North Carolina prison camp, the sheriff said. Church Bells * j To Call Folk To Prayer On February 29 Church bells in Franklin Fri- | day of next week wil call the j people of this community to prayer. j 1 The World Day of Prayer will ' : be observed here, as well as throughout the world, on that ? day. i The program here is set for . 3:30 at the Franklin Presbyter- ] ian church, and the church i bells are to ring at 8, 10, 12, and 3:30 o'clock on that day. , People from throughout the j county, it was announced, are , invited to be present to join ( in prayers for guidance in to- j day's distressed world. I PLAN RUMMAGE SALE 1 The Carson's Chapel Woman's Society of Christian Service will i hold a rummage sale In down- i town Franklin Saturday morn- .< ing, weather permitting, Mrs. J. 1 P. Cunningham, president, has s announced. 1 ] < Sunday was an extra special dav for Mrs. Irene H. Bryson, of "the Cullasaja community? it marked her 30th anniversary as postmaster at Cullasaja. Says Mrs. Bryson: "It has been a wonderful ex- j perience for me, and even after j 30 years I have no desire to ; retire!" | The postmaster (she quickly , reminded that "postmistress is passe, when a reporter inno- , cently used the term) recalled this week that during the past! 30 years things at the small j fourth-class office were pretty \ much the same day in and day j out. However, Mrs. Bryson has- | tened to point out, the office has had its ups and downs?, like the year the nearby Culla- j saja river invaded the store (in . which the post office is housed ? j in an early a. m., and the j "hasd" years of World War II. i Mrs. Bryson received her ap- i pointment during the Harding administration when Will H Hayes was postmaster general,; but she wasn't the first of her ? clan to take on postmaster J duties. Her father, the late James L. i Higdon, served for a number of j years as postmaster oi the , HigdonviHe office. Her aunt, I Miss Annie Strain, who now , lives with Mr. and Mrs. Bryson, was postmaster at the Scroll j office. And during World War i II her husband, C. Tbm Bryson, | worked in the post office at Fontana Dam. Over the years Mrs. Bry*.on has noted little change in the office, except for a slight in crease in the number of fami lies served. Today about 2O0 families in the Cullasaja,. Hig donville, Peek's Creek, and Nickajack communities receive j mail through the small office, located in Bryson's store on the Highlands-Franklin highway. The war years were the toughest ones, Mr*.. Bryson re flected, because the Asbeville Citizen-Times company held the mail contract on the routes and In order to deliver papers early, the schedule was arranged so the morning mail arrived at 5:30 a. m. (EBT). "Getting out that early in the j winter was no fun", Mrs. Bry- . son said, but she added that. "For wives and mothers who j , were anxious to hear | their husbands and sons in the j , service it wasn't too early, j ; Many came before daylight to , inquire for mail" All in all, the Cullasaja | : postmaster feels that the past i was a wonderful experience, s 'affording me an opportunity ] ;o be helpful to many people i in a variety of ways, from lick- i ng stamps, wrapping packages for mailing, and even writing i etters for patrons." But, all of these 30 years wasn't devoted to the Cullasaja i xjst office. Mr. and Mrs. Bry- j 1 ion have reared two daughters, i Mrs. MUdred Mueller, of Culla- j iaja, and Mrs. Sam Ritchie, of Sllzabethton, Tenn. ' 15 N. C. SYMPHONY TO GIVE ANNUAL ' CONCERTS HERE Noted Orchestra Coming Mar. 14; Memberships Placed On Sale The N. C. Little Symphony orchestra will present two con certs here Friday, March 14. It will be the orchestra's seventh consecutive annual appearance In Franklin. The evening concert for j adults, at the Franklin Metho dist church, is set for 8 o'clock j In the evening. At 1:30 in the | afternoon the orchestra will i ! play for the children from the 1 1 county's schools. The place for ! the children's concert will be i announced later, Frank B. Dun can. county chairman, said. The orchestra is being brought to Macon County this season under an arrangement quite difierent from that in past years. Three major changes were made: 1. The necessity for a mem bership drive, held months a;;ead, was eliminated when a gioup of business and profes sional men and women under wrote the orchestra's 1952 ap pearance here. 2. No memberships will be so- I licited. Instead, memberships have been placed on sale in business houses in Franklin and Highlands, where those who wish to attend the con ceit may buy their member ships. 3. For the children's concert, previously free, a charge of 25 ct.ntj will be made. The first two changes were made, local leaders explained, jn the belief that people here know what the concerts are liks, and that the large at tendance at previous concerts indicates they will attend with out solicitation1. If enough memberships are bough! for the event to "pay out this arrangement will like ly be continued in future years If, on the other hand, the guar an<"??s should have to make up a deficit,, it is improbable that an effort would be made to bring the orchestra back to Franklin next year. i "This leaves it up to the pub lic to decide whether they want these fine concerts", Mr. Dun can said. It was decided to make a nominal admission charge for the children's concert in the be lief that those who attend will get more out of it if they pav something for it. It also was pointed out that no auditorium in the county will hold all the school children, and that mak ing the small charge will keep those children who are not in terested away, making room far those who really wish to hear the concert. Memberships (at $2i are on sale Jn Franklin at the retail i department (first floor i of the Nantahala Power and Light company and at the three drue stores Perry's, Angel's, and ! Carolina pharmacy, in High lands they may be obtained at Miss Sura Gildtr's. The 60-cent Miss Sara Gilder's. The 60-cent dents Who wish to attend the evening performance, may be obtained in Highlands from Miss Katie Baker at the school. Republicans To Hold Congressional Meet Here March 8 A district Republican conven tion is slated to be held March 8 at the Macon county court house to elect delegates, com mitteemen, and a candidate for congress from this district. Lewis P. Hamlin, chairman of the Republican committee for the twelfth congressional district, announced plans for the convention last week and said delegates to the national convention, members of the >tate executive committee, a presidential elector, and a can didate for congress will be picked at the session. The convention is scheduled tor 2 p. m. | 1 EGG ON DISPLAY E. V. Ammons, of Franklin, ' rtoute 4, last week brought a nammoth egg to The Press of- i ' net. The egg, on display at The i Press, weighs 7 ounces, and is I Inches around, the long way. 'l Richard Jones ( lounty Winner In Legion Oratory Contest Richard S. Jones, Jr., of franklin, won first place in Ma :on County in the American region-sponsored oratorical con :est Monday night. His win gave y lim $25 first prize, offered by s ;he local Legion post, and the j , right to compete in the district | f contest in Sylva next week. 1 ( Second prize of $15 went to j Miss Clyda Mae Campbell, | , daughter , of Mr. and Mrs. Ted : Campbell, of the Iotla commun- j . ity, and third prize of $10 to i J Miss Sue Williams, daughter of j , Mr. and Mrs. Haughton Wil- ( liams, also of Iotla. Other finalists, selected in , competitions at Franklin High school, were Jack Love and Lee Poindexter. 1 , The orations dealt with the 1 ( U. S. Constitution, and a re- , quirement was that each con- j ] testant also be prepared to , speak exemporaneously on any i ; one of 12 phase3 of the Con- ; [ stitution. Highlands and Nantahala High schools received, but did not accept, invitations to par- j ticipate. Frank W. Plyler was the Legion's county chairman for the competition. Judge, for the contest were Mrs. Tom McNi-h, J. C. Sor- , rells, and Mrs. Alfred Kinney. NCE' OFFICIAL SPF -KS TO 225 McFayden Talk Marks Dinner Meeting Of Teachers An estimated 225 county school teachers and guests last Thursday night heard Henry C. i McFayden, public relations di- j rector of the North Carolina J Education association, explain i the five-point educational leg- 1 islative program being advanced by the state United Forces for Education. The public relations director was guest speaker at a banquet staged by the local unit of the N.C.E.A. at the Franklin High school cafeteria. Special guests were members of the Macon County Citizen's Committee for Education. A three-man nominating com mittee was named to select new I officers fir the local organiza- j tion, and included in the pro cram were reports by commit- [ tec chairmen. Miss Roberta Enloe, president of the local N.C.E.A. unit, pre sided and introduced the guest speaker. Using an informal style of delivery, Mr. McFayden, of Ral eigh, drove home the salient points of the legislative pro gram with laugh-provoking an ecdotes. some which the form er high school teacher and principal told his audience were true experiences. In a "second speech", the public relations director em phasized the qualifications of a good teacher, not only as a instructor of children, but also as an ambassador of good will to the public. Explaining the points of the U.F.E legislative progfam, slat ed to be presented at next year's session of the general as sembly, Mr. McFayden said of each: (1) A reduction in class room size (number of children i: "A teacher can resign if the teach er load is too heavy, but a child can't . . 12) Salary increase for A cer tificate teachers: ". . . we need a salary scale sufficient to at tract a number of top-flight teachers in North Carolina . . . the present scale is definitely not attractive .to a male teach er." He pointed out that there is about one man teacher in the state today to every eight women teachers. (3 1 Appropriation of funds to employ attendance enforcement personnel : This point is not i asking funds to employ "a ' truant officer to drag someone into school", Mr. McFayden de clared, "but seeks to hire expe rienced, tactful, and sympa thetic personnel, familiar with the community in which they 1 1 work . . . North Carolina can- i not afford another crop of 11- ) literates", he said. j| The two remaining points of I the program, funds to com- ] plete school building programs ! i In the state and appropriations . 1 tor current expenditures, were ' < Did NP&L J Building Is Filling Up Several Franklin firms and j ? >usinessmen have leased office 1 ipace in the building formerly jccupied by the Nantahala Pow ;r and Light company and plan :o move at an early date. The building now is under- t ;oing renovation and should be c ?eady for occupancy by March 1 I, according to Ted Reber, real ; j sstate man, who is handling ar- \ ?angements for the building's i jwner, George Noetel. I About 75 pqr cent of the space i already has ??"?en leased or re- ; erved, Mr. Reber said. Those planning to move inlo j the building include Macon < Construction company, Attorney ( Thad D. Bryson, jr., Mica Prod- ] nets Corporation. Dr. George R. ( McSween, and F. T. Sierr-ma, ' head of the local miner's asso- ? station. The U. S. Forest Service hete , : also has reserved four of the 13 ( : second floor offices, Mr. Reber ' , said. The A. and P. store will con- , tinue to occupy one of the four stores on the ground floor. Mar tin Electric company has leased another, leaving two vacant at present. Improvements now under way include a new ground floor en trance with a lobby and stairs to the second floor; new fronts for the ground floor stores; and removal of the outside stairway on the Iotla street side of the building. The second floor and sales space in the stores are receiving asphalt tile flooring and all sidewalls and ceilings are being redecorated, the own er said. Mr. Notel, who operated r. plumbing and heating business in Chicago, 111., far several years, purchased the building in June, 1943. He retired last year and he and Mrs. Notel now are I making Franklin their home. touched on briefly by the speak er- I The move for building pro gram funds is almost self-ex- ! planatory, he said. Explaining the .request for current expendi ture appropriations, Mr. Mc Fayden stressed that: "These funds are not for tak ing care of rising costs, neces- , sarily, but to provide higher standards of service." A good teacher should adopt the attitude of a successful salesman by selling good will to the public and it might be worth while if a teacher would "let your spirit step out of your ! body and look yourself over", I he pointed out. He continued that a teacher would never be wrong by being fair. "Be a softie, a sucker for j kids," he urged. The purpose of the United Forces for Education organiza- ; tion, Mr. McFayden explained, is to promote better education al facilities for North Carolina,. He said the first wave of post-war babies is now reach ing school age and emphasized the need for providing facilities for the future of these children. The nominating committee to | select new officers for the group j is composed of Mte. Edith Hemphill, W. G. Crawford, and Norman West. The appoint ments were made by Miss En-' loe. Mrs. Bruce Bryant reported on the organization's financial condition. Mrs. Lola Howard, public relations committee, briefly disc iss.-d that commit- : tee's progress in advancing a ; program on > lem.'ntary school activities in the county. Weaver Shope, chairman of tiic legislative committee, .read the legislative program oclng backed by the U.F.E. He com mended Harve L. Bryant, pres ident of the local citizen's committee, for his "boldness" : in leading his organization in preparing the school-need sur vey i I Reports on health, planning and resources, and federal aid ' were given by Jack Angel, Mrs. ! Pearl Hunter, and Mts. Ed Wil liams, respectively. R. G. Sut- ' ton reported for the ethics:1 :ommittee. A revised constitution and ay-laws were explained briefly uy E. G. Crawford. ' < The meal was prepared and served by members of the . franklin Parent-Teacher asso- i :lation. 1 51356 COCHRAN DEATHREWARD IS POSTED HERE 7 u n d s Contributed By Macon Citizens; No New Clues A $1,356 reward for informa ion leading to the arrest and conviction of tht slayer of Wil iam Homer Cochran, Jr., a 23 i'ear-old Macon County youth vho died December 31 after a nysterious explosion rocked his Dick-up truck in Mount Airy, vas posted Tuesday by Sheriff I Harry Thomas. The money was raised by nore than 100 citizens of this :ounty. The largest amount was :ontributed by young Cochran's parent's. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cochan. thi sheriff said. Under provisions of the re gard. no lav. -nforcement of ficial Is (' to receive the money, and any information must lead to the apprehension of the slayer by July 7, 1952. If no load are received by that date the money will be re turned to contributors. Officers said this week that no new leads have turned up in the case. At the time of the explosion, young Cochran was a teacher at White Plains High school, near Mount Airy. Police believe a booby-trap, wired to the ig nition syste mof the truck, ex ploded when the young teacher stepped on the starter. Basketb?.!! Conference Tournament Is Under W ay The annual Smoky Mountain Conference Basketball tourna ment got under way with a bang Tuesday au< nvoun at the Stecoah High tJ.v-A as 13 .boys' and girls' teams jockeyed into position for the conference crown. Semi-finals are set for Fri day night and the linals Sat urday night; Defending champs are the Franklin lads and the Cherokee lassies. The highflying Fiank lin girls, tops in the conference this season with 11 wins, one tie, and one loss, are among the ranking favorites in girls' play. P. T. A. Nets $175 F or School W ork At Two Dinner* The Franklin Parent-Teach er association made a profit of about $175 on the two dinners it served last week ? one for the N .C. E. A. meeting Thursday and the other at the P. T. A. 'a family night supper session Saturday evening. Following the supper Satur day, a Founders' Day program was presented, under the di rection of Mrs. J. Ward Long, at which past presidents of the Franklin association were hon ored. Beck And 3 Members 'a Of Local Band Play At Cullowhee Event S. W. (Sammy i Beck, Frank lin .school band diiector, and three members of the local fcSand played with the Western Carolina Teachers college band when it presented its annual winter concert at the college Wednesday ni?ht of last week. The student musicians were Rrykn Hurst, bass, and Richard Dryman and Holland McSvvain, Jr., trombonists, Johnny Owens, of the West's Mill community, is a member of th^ college band and also played in the concert. SPRING HERE? A ,-iiake wis seen on top of th: ro .. . T-'.Uay by "Floyd Kamaey, u. i tiuirUin, Route 4, it has been rt,nt.:?d. A sign of spring ?? The February meeting of the Otto Parent-Teacher association, scheduled lor ton:ght (Thurs day >, has been postponed until February 23 because of preval ence of influen :a ill the com munity, it lia^> oeen announced. The Weather Franklin Rainfall As recorded by Manion Stilea for TV A} Wednesday, .05; Thursday, 41; Friday, none; Saturday, .2#; Sunday, .05; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, none.