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VOL. LXVII? NO. 16
FRANKLIN, N. C, TIIURSOAY, AFKIL 17, 1!?:2
Appointments Of Registrars
And Judges Made By Board
Registrars and judges for the
1952 primary and general elec
tion were appointed Saturday
afternoon by the Macon Coun
ty board of elections.
Splitting the large Franklin
precinct into two precincts was
discussed by the board, but ac
tion on the proposal was post
poned until after the Demo
cratic primary, slated for May
31.
Siler Slagle was renamed
chairman of the elections
board. Other members are J. L.
Barnard and Walter Bryson.
Following are the registrars,
judges, and alternates, by pre
cincts:
Millshoal: Jim Raby, regis
trar; Owen Ammons, Democrat
judge;' Garland Shepherd, Re
publican judge; Ray Franklin
and Weaver Cabe, alternates.
Ellij ay: Charlie Bryson, reg
istrar; Canton Henry, Democrat ,
judge; Pritchard Peek, Repub
lican judge; George Stanfield
and Major Higdon, alternates.
Sugar Fork:- Luther Holland,'
registrar; Fred Henson, Demo
crat judge; William Moses, Re
publican judge; Raymond Woods
and Bill Deal, alternates.
Highlands:' Louis' Edwards, ;
registrar; Henry Cleaveland,
Democrat judge; T. C. Harbison,
Republican judge; Harry Neely
and Ralph Crunkleton, alter
nates.
Flats: Raymond Penland, reg
istrar; Ray Dryman, Democrat
judge; Jess Miller, Republican
judge; Jim Fisher and Otis
Burnett, alternates.
Smithbridge: Maurice Norton,
registrar; Ted Henry, Democrat
Judge; Alex Holbrooks, Repub
lican judge; Prince Curtis and
Herman Carpenter, alternates.
Cartoogechaye: Dan Sweat
man, registrar; Lioyd Waldroop,
Democrat judge; J. B. Kiser,
Republican judge; Ellis Smith
and Cecil Green, alternates.
Nantahala No. 1; Luther Jac
obs, registrar; Wade Lambert,
Democrat judge; Harley Younce,
Republican judge; Newell Bald
win and Theodore Bate man, al
ternates.
Nantahala No. 2: J. R. Shields,
registrar; Jim Grant, Democrat
judge; Weaver Cochran, Repub
lican judge; Clint Hay and Bill
Grant, alternates.
Burningtown: Bill Parrish,
registrar; Fred LetTfard, Demo
crat judge; Raymond Younce,
Republican judge; Sanders Cal
houn and Ernest Hoggins, alter
nates.
Cowee: Carroll Gibson, regis
trar; Bob Rickman, Democrat
judge; Floyd Bradley, Republi
can judge; Carr Bryson and
John Guffey, alternates.
Franklin: Prioleau Shope, reg
istrar; Jim Palmer, Democratic
judge; Roy Mash bum, Repub
lican judge; Rass Penland and
Glenn Ray, alternates.
WAYAH SERVICE
WELL ATTENDED
Fifth Annual Easteir
Dawn Program
Draws 100
Despite rain that fell most of
Saturday night, approximately
100 persons attended the East
er sunrise service on Wayah
Bald.
It was the fifth annual in
terdenominational Easter dawn
program on the mile-high moun
tain.
For the service, most of the
worshippers gathered a found
the open fire inside "High
Haven", camp of Mr. and Mrs.
Gilmer A. Jones, as the .rain
drenched wind howled outside.
As the light grew, brighter,
during the half-hour service,
those looking through the win
dows of the camp saw the fog
play hide and seek with the
nearby mountains and the val
ley below. Visible one instant,
they were completly veiled by
fog an instant later. About the
time the seryice closed, spots
of yellow light in the valley
and on distant mountains told
of the rise of the sun.
The service opened with re
corded Easter music, and Mrs.
Isabel Hull read the Easter
story from Luke. Next came a
prayer by the Rev.*W. L. Sor
rells, followed by congregation
al singing of the hymn, "Christ
the Lord is Risen".
Miss Jo Ann Hopkins gave a
reading, Oxenham's "Credo", S.
P. Beck played a trumpet solo,
"The Palms", and Mrs. R. S.
Jones read Kagawa's "The
Etnpty Tomb".
"The Easter Hope" was the
topic of the message, by the
Rev. C. E. Murray.
The Rev. R. L. Poindexter
pronounced the benediction,, and
a recording of an organ solo,
'Tor the Beauty of the Earth,
from Handel'i "Messiah", clos
ed the simple service.
Mr. and Mn. Jones, hosts to
those attending, served coffee
after 12ie service.
ITS GOLF TOURNEY
Two young "Franklin golfers
will enter the Ashevilk Junior
Chamber of Commerce golf
tournament Friday untier the
sponsorship of the local Jaycee
organization.
They are Pat Pattillo, winner
of the Franklin High school
golf tournament here last fall,
and Carroll Chllders, rumierup
In tie local tourney.
Four Franklin
Scouts Receive
Awards Thursday
Fotrr Franklin Scouts Teoelved
awards a( a Smoky Mountain
district court of honor Id Bry
son City Thursday night
A Rrwnze Palm, presented for
merit badge achievement,, was
awarded to Eagle Scout Be? Ed
wards, of Franklin, Explorer
post No, 2.
Life rank, on step below
scouting's highest rank? Eagle
? was awarded Leonard Lo?g.
also of the Franklin explorer
post.
Mark Dowdle and Tommy
Gnuse, IXTth of Franklin, Troop ;
1, were advanced to Star rank ,
Minstrel Show Set
For Tomorrow Night
"Rastus" and "Liza" antt a
host of tfld time mlnatrel char
acters will come to life tomor
row (Friday) night at the East
Franklin school when students
from Western Carolina Teach
ers college, CuHowhee, bring a
minstrel show before the foot
lights.
Under the sponsorship of the
Franklin Lions club, the show
will begin at 8 o'clock, anil fea
tures 60 character*, an orches
tra, the latest jokes, and danc
ing.
The months bake sale of the
St. Agnes Episcopal auxiliary
will be held tomorrow (Friday)
at 9 a. m. at the Children's
shop, it has been announced.
BASEBALL PICKING UP SHAM:
LOCALS HAVE 16-GAME SCHEDULE!
Baseball at FranKlin High
school picked up a full head of
steam yesterday (Wednesday)
afternoon when the local nine
journeyed to Collowhee for the
first of a 16-game schedule.
The game's score was not avail
able yesterday afternoon.
This afternoon at 1 o'clock,
a double-header with Andrews
Is slated for the Franklin sta
dium. And Tuesday, the Clayton
(Ga.) High baseballers will meet
the locals here at 3 p. m.
Under the guiding hand of
Coach Dick Stott, this year's
team boasts a pitching staff of
five right-handers, and fielders
with plenty of promise.
The moundsmen are Jinx
Brogden, Grady Corbin, Victor
Teague, and Roger Tallent.
Top fleldmen Include Bobby
Marshall, at first base; Bobby
Womack, at second; Bill Hunnl
cutt, at short stop; Richie Jones,
at third; Norman Seay, catch
er; Kenneth "Stoney" Taylor,
left field; Max Phillips, right
field; and Zeb Mehaffey, at
center field.
Backing up the starters are
Richard Russell, Richard Ren
shaw, and Jerry Sutton, in the
infield, and Pat Pattlllo, Lee
Polndexter, in the outfield.
The schedule follows: April
23, Waynesville, there; April
29, Cullowhee, here; May 2,
Clayton, there (night); May 3,
Andrews, there; May 7, Cullo
whee, there; May 9, Murphy,
there; May 13, Murphy, here;
May 15, Cullowhee, here; May
23, Waynesville, here.
Wally Butts, (center) head coach at the University of Georgia, appeared liere Wednes
| day night of last week as guest speaker at dinner given by the Rotary club in honor of the
Franklin High school basketball teams. At left is C. S. Brown, program chairman, who intro
duced Coach Butts, and at right is Norman Blaine, Rotary president.
GEORGIA COACH
GUEST SPEAKER
AT DINNER HERE
Rotarians Honor Local
Cagers; Sylva Club
Special Guests
Wally Butts, head coach at j
the University of Georgia, Wed
' nesday night of last week pre- !
dieted that the University of
North Carolina Tar Heels will
have a great offense this sea
json with the recent addition of
George Barkley to the football
coaching starf.
The Bulldog coach was guest
speaker at a dinner given by
the Franklin Rotary club in
honor of the Franklin High
school boys' and girls' basket
ball teams. Also attending as
special guests were members of
the Sylva Rotary club.
Introduced by C. S. Brown,
Mr. Butts kept his audience sur
rounded in laughter by relating
numerous football tales, and he
briefly discussed de-emphasis of
spprts daring a question-ans
wer feature following his main
talk.
Pointing out that the Univer
sity of Georgia's last grid con
ference championship was hi
1947, the coach declared that,
"we've been testing the loyalty
of the alumni ever since."
He described All-American
Charlie Justice, late of the Uni
versity of North Carolina and
now under contract to the
Washington Redskins, as "one
of the greatest football players
we ever played against." Of
Justice's glue-fingered partner,
All-American End Ait Weiner,
he said he was a hard pass re
ceiver to stop.
Material means a lot to the
Reputation of a footbaU coack.
Mr. Butts declared, adding:
"When I had Charlie Trippie
I was a great coach!"
Despite de-emphasis, football
stiH is the most democratic 1
game in the world, the Oeor
gia coach told his audience, and ,
he said the need fc.- competi
tive sports is greater than ever.
The competitive spirit is one
reason this country is great, be
said.
Other guests at the dinner '
Included Tom Young and Jim
Oudger, football and basketball 1
coaches, respectively, at West
ern Carolina Teachers college, i
Cullowhee; Dick Stott, Frank- j
lin High baseball coach, and
Ralph (Chuck) McConnell, '
Franklin's grid mentor.
Meeting Of Baptist
Executive Committee
Slated For Tomorrow
A meeting of the Macon
County Baptist Promotion Exe- 2
cutive committee will be held at i
the Oak Oro've Baptist church <
tomorrow (Friday) at 7:30 p. <
m., the Rev. W. N. Cook, chair- \
man, announced this week. t
The county's 42 Baptist
churches are urged to send rep- \
resentatives to the session. Each t
church is entitled to send two (
representatives and Its pastor, (
Mr. Cook said. ? -M
Will tjibnor Macon, Farmers
For f 951 Pastu es Campaign
Macon County, named as one
of the top 10 counties in the
state last yefcr in the Greeh
Pastures campaign, will be pub
licly honored here Wednesday
along with 92 farmers whose
greener pastes are respon
sible for the county's outstand
ing achievement.
Scheduled for 10 o'clock at
the Agricultural' building, is a
special flag .raising ceremony,
designating Macon as a "Green
Pasture" county. Following this
feature, briel addresses will be
made by agricultural officials,
and the 62 farmers will be pre
sented certificates and awards.
The Green Pastures campaign
was conducted state-wide dur
ing 1951 to encourage the de
velopment of better pastures
through the use of ladino clov
er.
Macon County, however, start
ed a better pastures program
earlier than 1951, County Agent
S. W. Mendenhall pointed out
this week. In 1945 only one
pound of ladino was brought
Into the county, but the pro
gram has advanced through the
years to the point where more
than 5,000 pounds are being
seeded here each year, he said
Listed as speakers at the
event are Harry Brown, of
Mountain City, Ga., fonher as
sistant secretary of agriculture
'during President Roosevelt*
second administration; Sam
Dobson, agronomy specialist at
N. C. State college, Raleigh; and
?Robert (Bud) Sfler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Slier, of Frank
lin, who was county winner in
ttoe recent Green Pas tunes ora
tory contest sponsored jointly
by the N. C. Banker's associa
tion and agricultural agencies.
A member of the state Green
Pastures committee also will be
prefent. according to the coun
ty agent.
To quality for the campaign
farmers were required to hav<
one and a half acres of ladin(
pasture per animal unit.
Macon farmers slated to re
ceive certificates and specia
Green Pasture honor farri
plagues are as follows:
j Franklin: Clyde Galley, Wil
lard Pendergrass, and Randolpl
Bulgin.
Route l: Dan Reynolds, Dav
id J. Carpenter, Fred A. Moore
H. C. Hurst, Bert J. Waldroop
j E. M. McNish, R. C. Enloe
| Frank Phillips, A. B. Slagle, am
Fred Moore.
Route 2: J. S. Gray, Wilsoi
Rogers, Alex Holbrook. Georgi
Doster, C. B. Vanhook. Wadi
Setser, and Wilburn Hodgen.
Route 3: Paul Swafford, Car
Morgan, Frank Far.rtll, J. B
| Stewart, Paul Revis. Oeorgi
Brown, Walter Shuler, Marshal
jFouts, and Ed Bradley.
Route 4: Woodrow Gib on
jCarr Bryson, J. B. Deal,, Jacl
Cabe, Harley Ramsey, and L. J
Johnson.
Prentiss: Charles R. Hogdine
Frank Ledford, Oscar Ledford
Ernest Moffltt, John Carpenter
Wade McConneU, and Lawsoi
Shook.
Aquone: Cline Evans, Alber
Evans, Sherdan Evans, Dewe;
Neal, Bryce Rorwland, Dallaj
Rowland, and F. C. Younce.
Flats: Mrs. O. G. Hall, Be*
Cope, and Tim Wood.
Also Clyde West, West's Mill
Mrs. Faye Mashburn, Lacy Har
per, and Troy Holland, all o:
Gneiss; Quince Curtis am
Douglas Young, of Dlllard, Q*.
Route 1; W F. Kerman aac
Jess Keener, of Highlands; anc
Bill Deal, of Collasaja.
May Induction Call
Received By Board
A May induction call ? for
three men ? was received this
week by the local selective
bnard, aiiong with a pre-indtic
tlon call for 16 men.
Both contingents wil) be sent
to Knoxvfile, Tenn., May 12 by
special bus, according to Mrs.
Gilmer A. Jones, board secre
tary.
A 20- man pre-induction con
tingent and a lone inductee,
Patrick Gregory, of Cullasaja,
was sent to Knoxviiie Monday,
;he secretary said.
JOINS BANK STAFF
Frank I. Murray, Jr., recentlj
discharged from the U. S. Navj
after serving 18 months in the
JapanOtorea area, has re-jota
|ed the Bank of Franklin stafl
as a "teller. A .reservist, Mr
Murray was recalled to active
duty in the navy in October,
IBM Prior to that time he was
employed at the bank.
The regular meeting of the
Franklin Parent-Teacher asso
ciation is scheduled for Monday
at 7:30 p. m. in the high school
cafeteria, it has been announc
ed.
Classes of Mrs. Tom OTieil
and Wayne Proffitt will be in
charge of the program.
Trout Streams, 264 Miles
Of Em Within Nantahalas
a
Did you know that there are
!64 miles of trout streams with
n the Nantahala National for
>st, possibly mare than in any
>f the other four forests com
prising the Appalachian Nation
il forests?
This joyous bit of news,
which seems rather apropos
ilnce trout season opened Tues
iay, was disclosed this week by
Charles W. Coffin, who has been
ipendlng the week on the Nan
tahalas compiling a wildlife
management plan for the for
est.
The forester, assigned to wild
life management in the Appa
lachians, said the plan, when
completed, would In essence
mean more fish and wildlife for
the Nantahalas.
Other farests in the Appala
chians, la addition to the Nan
tahalas, are Pisgah, Sumter,
Chattahoochee, and Cherokee.
Cancel Court T erm,
Judge Amstrong 111
TWO ANNOUNCE f
IN EDUCATION
BOARD RACE
Sorrells And Cabe Seek
Nomination In May
Primary
J C. Sorrells, incumbent, and
Claude W. Cabe this week en
j tered the race for nomination
; to the county board of educa
tion in the Democratic primary
; May 31.
Mr. Cabe, announcing Mon
: day, was the lirst to come out
for thp school board. Mr. Sor
rells filed and made his an
nouncement Tuesday.
Saturday is the last day to:
file for those entering primary
' races for local offices.
Nominees are to be picked
for seven places ? the live-mem
ber , board of education, repre
sentative, and county surveyor.
The only other Democrat to
announce to date is C. Tom
Bryson, who seeks renomination
a?" Macon's representative in
I the general assembly.
| Mr. Cabe is an employe of
| the State Highway commission, j
the father of school-age chil- \
dren, and a resident of the
' j Otto school district.
Mr. Sorrells, seeking nomina
j j tion for his second two-year i
j term on the board of education,
is a resident of Cowee town
ship and owner of J. C. Sor
" rells Motor company in Frank
1 lin.
1 Of the five members of the
present school board, three ?
" Chairman Bob Sloan, Walter
Gibson, and Walter Bryson ?
have indicated that they will
" not stand for renomination. The
fifth member is Charles W.
'? Nolen.
J Under the law, school board
members are nominated in the
primary and appointed by the
general assembly, which makes
? it a rule to name those chosen
i in the Democratic primary. The
persons nominated May 31 will
not be appointed by the gener
^ al assembly until neat spring
and will not take office until
the first Monday in April, 1953.
POTTS HEADS
: POSTMASTERS
' The twelfth district of the
North Carolina chapter of the
National Association of Post
1 masters elected Charles C. Potts,
1 Highlands postmaster, as dis
1 trict chairman for the coming
year, at a meeting in Murphy
1 Friday. About 80 postmasters
and gtfests were present.
? M. H. Ackerman, post office
" inspector in charge ol the At
[ laiita division, Atlanta, Oa..
1 made the principal speech at
? the meeting and commended
1 the postmasters of this district
1 for their postal services, re
minding them that they were
the ones to suggest improve
p ments In services for the fu
ture service of the general pub
[ lie. Pour other inspectors from
Atlanta and two from Asheville,
were present, as well as post
masters from Georgia and Ten
nessee.
Joe Ray, Murphy postmaster,
was host, and Inspector Ken
neth Brown, of Asheville, was
master of ceremonies.
OPERACOMPANY
TOAPPEARHERE
Two performances of Mozart's
comic opera. "School for Lov
ers", are scheduled for presen
tation here May 2 at the East
Franklin school by the Grass
Roots Opera company of the
N. C. Federation of Music clubs.
Through the auspices of the
local unit of the N. C. Educa
tion association, the company
will give an afternoon perform
ance for children at 1:30 o'clock,
and an evening show for adults
at 8 o'clock.
The company's appearance
here will mark the 40th time <
this opera has been presented
In as many different cities and i
towns in the state, It was .:
pointed out. \
'Jo Pressing Matters
On Court Docket
Solicitor Says
The April term of Macon
superior court has been can
celled because of the illness of
the presiding judge, Frank M.
Armstrong, of Troy.
Sheriff J. Harry Thomas con
vened court at 9:30 o'clock Mon
day morning. as scheduled, then
immediately recessed the session
until Wednesday morn ng to
await information dn the
judge's condition.
According to Solicitor Thad
D. Bryson. Jr.. Judge Armstrong
telephoned Tuesday, explaining
that he was under a doctor's
care and would be unable to
take the bench i. re. As a re
sult, the April docket ? listing
some 98 criminal cases and 17
civil actions ? . be incorpor
ated Into the A 2\ :t term of
court here, the . ..caor sa.d.
The is lui.ul j.ket i . this
term was a .cdwp&rfttvely ;.,ht
one, Mr. Bryson explaine r ?nd
no case:- a ere pressing. The only
case of any consequence, the
solicitoi said, wa the ft t de
gree murder trial oi Th-^jciire
Wood. Wood i. charged w. h he
May, 1950 death ol a : -'.ion
County logger and i.is < :3
viously has teen con .n.'.ed
twice to eriable the state lo
cate additional witnesses. . .e?e
witnesses stiil have net en
found, the solicitor said.
The year-old case wa rs
opened in May, 1951, ai it
was discovered that the i ^er,
Grady Ray, of ltyle, 1, i .
large amount of mud anu
.ris in his throat when . . and
dead in ttie yard of a Kji - o
ident. Wood was indictti. -Jr
I the slaying at the Apn., ji,
superior court te m here.
VOCATIONAL
CAREER DA
IS PLANK")
A vocational guidance a
reer Day" for all high ?r'r.iol
juniors and seniors ir
county is scheduled to be H'ld
! Mondav at Franklin High ? unol
under the sponsorship r he
local unit of the N. C. EH'ica
tion association.
The program lists 15 ?T">V-:ers,
including the Rt. Rev. W. George
Henry, bishop of the Episcopal
dioeese, Asheville, and if de
signed to assist the juniors and
seniors in selecting a vocation
of their choice upon graduation
from high school. Hours for the
session will be from 9 a. m. tQ
12:30. ^
Local persons slated to maW
vocation guidance ?iiks tnHude
H H. Gnuse, of the Nantahala
Power and light company, 8.
W. Renshaw. supervisor of the
Nantahala National forest, S.
W. Mendenhall. Macon county
agent, Mrs. Florence S. Sherrlll,
county home demonstration
agent, J. Ward Long, of the
Nantahala Power and Light
company. Troop Callahan, man
ager of Belks Department
store, Mrs. Frank Shope, public
health nurse, and Mrs. Furman
Angel.
Several out-of-county speak
ers also will be present, it was
said.
BULLETIN
Due to delay in allocation
of federal funds for the proj
ect, it will not tw possible to
let the Cowee Gap- Franklin
road in April, but it will be
let in May, L. Dale Thrash,
10th division highway com
missioner, told The Press by
long distance telephone yes
terday.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation for tfc?
past seven days, and the low temperature
yesterday, as recorded at the Coweet* Ex
periment station.
High Low Pet
Wednesday 74 45
Thursday 75 48 ._.
Friday 75 48
Saturday 70 44
Sunday 64 54 1.12
Monday 64 42 .40
Tuesday 43 36 trace
Wednesday .! 37
Franklin Rainfall
A> recorded by Mamon Stile* f*r TV A)
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
lone; Saturday, trace; Sunday,
34; Monday, .61; Tuesday, trace; j
Wednesday, none. ||